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Months after launching a Web site billed as a tool for budget cutting transparency, Harvard's largest school quietly inserted three minor cuts to summer services at student-focused offices for sexual assault, study aid, and alcohol and drug prevention...
...Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) is operating on a reduced schedule for much of the summer, with the office open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., from July 6 to Aug. 21. The Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services (OAODS) will be closed the week of Aug. 10, and the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR) will be closed for the month of July. All of the changes were made to help maximize services during the academic year, when most students are on campus, according to the statements on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
OSAPR, OAODS, and the BSC are units within University Health Services' Department of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling, which also includes the Center for Wellness and Mental Health Services. UHS Director David S. Rosenthal '59 said that there have been no changes made to the hours or summer services at those two other offices...
Ryan Travia, director of OAODS, said that he could not share information on how much money is being saved through the hours reductions. But he said student traffic is certainly "considerably lower" during the summer months than during the academic year, and that he did not expect the week-long furlough for the office to cause any disruptions for students or internal operations. He said that during the slow summer months, his office typically reviews research and data collected over the course of the year, writes reports, reviews policy and procedures, and prepares for the incoming freshmen...
...Last summer, when gasoline was above $4.50 a gallon, Kaufmann was laughing at his neighbors' wallet-withering $100 fuel bills for their SUVs, while he toddled about in his sporty Zenn, a low-speed neighborhood electric vehicle, or NEV, for next to nothing. Though NEVs can't legally go over 25 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, newer high-speed sedans, like the ones Nissan and Tesla will be launching, are highway-approved, crash-tested and able to hit 80 m.p.h. in seconds flat. (See the top 10 everything...