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...last decade to see how a concerned public can be mobilized over the Internet. A grassroots campaign that brought together a myriad of small groups first undermined political support for the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and then effectively derailed any hopes of advancement of liberalized trade in the Doha round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization...
...Harvard revealed in March that it would embark on a $1 billion renovation project of all 12 undergraduate Houses over the course of 10 to 15 years, starting as early as 2011. The estimated cost is vastly more than Harvard has ever spent on a single round of House restorations, and is equivalent to the amount the school plans to spend on the new science complex in Allston...
...October, The Crimson editorialized against the latest round of “pre-litigation letters” the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sent to college students. Warning the recipients that they may be liable for $9,250 per illegally downloaded song, the RIAA pointed recipients to a site where they can buy peace with a credit card number and a promise not to do it again. The price point is chosen with skill: large enough to hurt, but small enough that litigating would cost more. An industry spokesman responded in The Crimson that thievery is thievery. Bills were...
...complicate the admissions round, Harvard unveiled an unprecedented financial aid initiative in October. The initiative, which will take effect next year, will ask families making between $120,000 and $180,000 per year to pay 10 percent of their income. Families with incomes between $60,000 and $120,000 will be expected to contribute between 0 and 10 percent of their income...
...Most often, early applicants are students from affluent families, while students from lower-income families often wait until the regular decision round sot that they can compare financial aid offers. By creating a single deadline, admissions officers hoped to make the process more equitable...