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...Yale, would withhold grades from students who have not filled out their course evaluations either until they do so or until a certain amount of time has passed. The problem is that a student’s incentives to fill out their CUE evaluations—which at present amount to a miniscule chance of winning a free iPod or cash for one’s house—fail to offset the time it takes to fill out evaluations, especially if a student may not reap the benefit of using the CUE guide to shop for classes...
...Forum were participating in their annual inter-organization challenge. Most would agree that the noise of cheering students is not probable cause for a call to the police or for police intervention. Nevertheless the students were approached by Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers who requested that they present Harvard identification. These students felt collectively “profiled” by race and asked the simple question, “if fifty or more white students were engaged in similar activities would they have been approached by the police?” That is a fair question...
...faculty advisory committee of the Harvard Foundation to support the “I am Harvard” campaign as a campus-wide effort to raise the level of awareness of all members of the Harvard community about the racial, ethnic, and religious diversity of Harvard’s present demographic, and the University’s appreciation of that valued diversity...
...would kind of signal a fresh start,” said Jennifer L. Giarratana, who is taking the class. “We conceptualized the site as kind of the birthplace of their new government.” Part of the group will travel to Belfast next month to present their findings to their sponsors. In addition to proposing the new parliament building, the class will also suggest that river landscapes be extended to allow more waterfront space to be developed. “First we recast the image of the city for them, second we propose some very select...
...local residents—Harvard planners outlined the ways in which construction of the science complex would impact the area. University officials estimate that over the three to four years that it will take to complete construction of the proposed science complex, up to 1,000 workers will be present on the Western Avenue construction site. Questions about what streets those workers will use to navigate into and out of the site from the Massachusetts Turnpike, what their effect on traffic will be, and where they will park once they arrive in the neighborhood dominated the meeting. A draft project...