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...instance, a recent letter sent via email to the entire university from the provost and the director of University Health Services said there were two cases of the flu reported in Lowell, unnecessarily causing many students to worry that there was an outbreak in the undergraduate house, rather than the implied cases in Lowell, Mass. Similarly, the vice president mentioned at a news conference last week that he would advise his family to avoid going “anywhere in confined places now” like airplanes. His comments aren’t only unfairly damaging to the airline industry...
...their used clothing and receive new items in exchange. After the event, the Center donated the leftover clothing to the Big Brother Big Sister Foundation in Boston. Every year, the Women’s Center donates the remaining clothing to a different charity, according to Susan B. Marine, director of the Women’s Center. “We wanted to do something where we could do a public service contribution,” she said. Although the event was called the “Naked Ladies Brunch,” no women were completely naked yesterday. However, many...
...acute febrile respiratory illness,” meeting the criteria for swine flu diagnosis published by the national Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Final confirmation of a swine flu diagnosis is pending additional test results from the CDC, said David S. Rosenthal ’59, director of Harvard University Health Services. Rosenthal also noted that no additional cases had been identified over the weekend, a finding that seems to indicate that the possible epidemic may have been contained. Following recommendations from the Public Health Commission, the Dental School—along with the Harvard Dental Center?...
...last Thursday in order to speak about the company’s violations of worker rights. Harvard ended its licensing agreement with Russell Athletics last December, as the company faced allegations that it shut down a Honduran factory because of workers’ attempts to unionize. Yet Rick Calixto, director of the Harvard University Trademark Program, wrote in an e-mail in February that Harvard would consider renewing its contract with Russell if the company followed recommendations of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a global workers’ rights group of which Harvard is a member. Alyssa M. Aguilera...
...There has been a misunderstanding," says director Waheed Omer. "We in the government thought the media was too negative, but we were not giving them enough positive information." Speed, he adds, is the second priority. "Yes, we have to check and coordinate information, but this does not mean we can justify not being on time." But with violence worse than ever and elections scheduled for late August, words are getting cheaper. "Ultimately," says Joanna Nathan, a Kabul-based analyst and author of the Crisis Group report, "cleaning up the government and proving that life is better is more important than...