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...number of students who endorsed the UC's proposed academic calendar in the referendum amounts to 43.4 percent of the entire undergraduate student body...
...revamped academic calendar in which finals would come before the December break was endorsed by 84 percent of voting undergraduates in a referendum that saw the participation of just over half the student body, Undergraduate Council President Ryan A. Petersen '08 announced today...
...students who voted in the referendum this week, 2,914 cast a ballot in favor of a UC proposal that would also extend winter break to four weeks and have the spring final exam period end more than a week earlier. Meanwhile, 549 students voted against the proposal, Petersen said...
...ruling coalition, led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), pushed through legislation in the Diet's lower house that set ground rules for updating Japan's basic laws to reflect 21st century realities. The bill now resides in the upper house; passage could eventually lead to a national referendum on the future of the constitution's Article 9, which prohibits Japan from waging...
...academic calendar has an immense impact on the lives of students, professors, and staff alike. Undergraduates particularly are dealt a raw deal—it influences travel plans, stress levels, relationships with friends and family, and more. But now, thanks to the Undergraduate Council’s online referendum, you can add your voice to the chorus calling for Harvard’s anachronistic calendar to change. Today through tomorrow at noon, log on to the UC website and vote yes on this important proposition. The UC’s proposal calls for beginning the 2008-2009 school year...