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...internal October 2004 Harvard memo analyzing data from the 2002 survey found that Harvard averaged a 2.62 on a 5-point scale rating its campus social life, compared to an average of 2.89 across 30 other schools, the Globe reported...
When it comes to providing social space for its students, the oldest and richest university in the country is a blundering failure. Few were surprised in April when a confidential internal memo revealed that Harvard finished fifth from the bottom in a 2002 student satisfaction survey of 31 colleges. With Harvard receiving an average rating of 2.62 on a five point scale for its campus social life, it’s clear that many Harvard students are frustrated with a campus that provides few social options and even fewer social venues...
...biggest changes in Washington often come about with just a few strokes of the pen. And so a dry, one-page internal memo quietly issued by the White House is being viewed as a kind of eulogy for the once mighty Central Intelligence Agency. After nearly 60 years at the pinnacle of American intelligence-and at the elbow of Presidents-the CIA director is no longer automatically welcome at the President's National Security Council (NSC) meetings. John Negroponte, the new director of National Intelligence, has taken his chair...
...latest evidence that Negroponte is consolidating his power as the nation's intelligence czar. The May 2 memo, obtained by TIME and also reported late last week by GovWatch.com states that "effective immediately," Negroponte will participate in meetings of the NSC and its domestic counterpart, the Homeland Security Council (HSC). Meanwhile, CIA Director Porter Goss "will attend NSC and HSC meetings at the direction of the President." That's the polite Beltway equivalent of saying, "Don't call us. We'll call...
Although John Edwards isn't officially running for office, he is already courting a key constituency for a possible presidential bid in '08: left-leaning bloggers. Not only did the former VP candidate spend the week guest-blogging on TPMCAFE, a new offshoot of the popular TALKING POINTS MEMO, but amid his postings on such issues as poverty and globalization, another blog disclosed that he had been the host of an off-the-record dinner with several bloggers at his house in Washington. "Gaining the loyalty of bloggers," noted TAPPED, "is not that hard to do if you just talk...