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...Phonathon plays a small but important role within the new Radcliffe, not only because of the nearly half-million dollars it pumps into the Institute’s general fund each year, but also as one of the only ways in which Radcliffe stays connected to undergrads (research partnerships and mentorships with Radcliffe fellows being two of the others). Situated between Harvard Yard, the river houses, and the (formerly Radcliffe) Quad, the Phonathon office—located in Radcliffe Yard—attracts approximately equal numbers of callers from each part of campus. Away from noisy dorm rooms, crowded dining...
...debts, both present and projected, are disconcerting. The Harvard Graduate School of Education discovered a $2 million deficit this fiscal year—a potentially crippling figure for a school that has historically had a small budget. The Kennedy School of Government, which lost $5.9 million in fiscal year 2002 after years of large-scale expansions, fared better. But it still projects a half-million dollar loss in fiscal year...
According to a report last November in the Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 presidents at private colleges broke the half-million dollar mark for the 2001 fiscal year. The year before, only 12 presidents earned that much...
...time he got to Woodstock, the festival was already three days old and hopelessly behind schedule. By Monday, a half-million drug-addled, sleep-deprived, rain-soaked flower children had piled onto Max Yasgur's Catskill cow patch to hear everyone from Sha Na Na to the Who. But Jimi Hendrix was the headliner, whose contract stipulated that no other act could follow his. That probably wasn't necessary. Rousing the crowd on Monday morning with a 2-hr.-plus set that included his psychedelic, virtuoso Star Spangled Banner, Hendrix closed the books on the Summer of Love. Kent State...
...Under the creative direction of its U.S. originator, Sesame Workshop, the South African version uses homegrown characters and situations to educate while entertaining young children throughout the country. Incorporating all 11 of South Africa's official languages into its pedagogue- approved scripts, Takalani Sesame is seen by an estimated half-million kids a week. It teaches basic skills and rules of behavior, and tries to help children understand and enjoy South Africa's multiracial culture. Not so easy to explain is the reality of an AIDS epidemic that affects almost one in nine South Africans, including about 250,000 children...