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...sure, many Harvard students skip class on Wednesday—sometimes on Monday and Tuesday as well—and create their own weeklong break. But if the scheduling Gods aren’t smiling on you, if you’re learning a foreign language, or if you’re just plain-old responsible, chances are, missing class is untenable. Where does that leave a Harvard student? With astronomically high travel costs to make a Wednesday evening flight or with a lonesome Turkey holiday...
...sacrificing that day’s classes is well worth the advantage of a contiguous nine-day vacation. And if it is untenable for the College to give up one day, it can follow Princeton’s model: Begin classes on the Thursday before our normal Monday start, and have students pick up one extra Friday of classes. (SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Sunday evening, before departing Monday morning for the beginning of his four-day trip that will start with a stop in Estonia and then Latvia for a NATO summit, Bush received an update on his Administration's review of Iraq policy. The meeting at the White House included Vice President Cheney, who reported on his weekend trip to Saudi Arabia; National Security Adviser Steve Hadley, Deputy National Security Adviser J.D. Crouch and N.S.C. officials who work on Iraq. The administration adviser said the meetings were scheduled partly to show that Bush is working the Iraq issue hard. "They...
...officials have said in recent days that they would welcome Turkey into the E.U. if it met all the requirements that have been set out by Brussels. This opening on Europe may help explain why, after having originally said it was impossible, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyiip Erdogan confirmed Monday that he would in fact meet Benedict on Tuesday afternoon at the Ankara airport, just before the Turkish leader flies off to a NATO summit. Still the most substantial achievements could be made in further healing relations with the Orthodox, a thousand years after the two churches parted ways. Many...
...according to Chris Probert, the social marketing manager of Adbusters. “It’s not only about changing your habits on one day, but thinking about a lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste,” Probert said. Today, though, is Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the online shopping season. Berk’s shoe store, a locally-owned corner shop on JFK and Winthrop Streets, is one business that is expanding its reach by emphasizing online sales. Marc Pinansky, Berk’s manager, said online sales have increased at least...