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...Jerry Ceppos' abject pullback from the San Jose Mercury News's series about the crack-contra link, there shouldn't have been. Gary Webb's stories were seriously flawed, but so were the stories those papers produced in an attempt to debunk him. All three, to a greater or lesser extent, committed the same journalistic sin for which they indicted the Mercury News: playing up evidence that Webb was wrong while burying proof to the contrary...
Since the Undergraduate Council's Campus Life Committee lacks the funds to attract big name bands (e.g. Dave Matthews), the council should simply hold off hiring lesser-known bands for a few years, in order to build up some capital. By earmarking the $7,500 per year they spend on bands now as a long-term fund, they could develop more bargaining power to bring bigger musical groups to Harvard...
...Lesser features, more emphasis on the scores, more statistics, less stories on the human aspect, the road back from defeat...
Under this plan, faculty members shed some of their duties, carrying a lesser teaching load for a limited number of years before retiring. Payment and benefits under the plan vary. For instance, MIT's plan allows faculty to teach full-time while receiving 60 percent of their salary. In the FAS, faculty on half-time status receive half their salary, whereas at the Law School salary arrangements are negotiated with the dean...
...lesser politician would let things slip under the carpet," he says.Photo courtesy of Harvard Athlietic OfficeJOSEPH D. MALONE '78 has been a fighter since his Harvard football days...