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...effort to mitigate noise from traffic diverted to Cowperthwaite Street during ongoing construction, Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) has agreed to build a six-foot high barrier in the middle of the street that will still allow traffic and pedestrians to pass through. A wider shuttle turnout area will also be constructed between Dunster and Mather Houses, bringing the sidewalk closer to the entrances of the Houses. Construction of the shuttle turnout area is set to begin sometime this week and should be completed within two weeks, according to Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, one of three Undergraduate...
...chemical weapons in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War. Her faith in the future stems from her faith in God to provide for Iraq. "We are asking Allah day and night to unify our country," she said. A resident of predominantly Sunni Sadiya district of Baghdad said turnout was high in the neighborhood, indicating many Sunnis had come out to vote against the constitution. But even those who voted were cynical. Thafir Aga, 38, a taxi driver in Sadiya, said he voted against the constitution because it "is dividing Iraq." "The government is only Kurdish and Iranian...
...interact with national bands, letting them branch out to the real world.” Building Harvard bands’ resumes as opening acts to more famous groups would facilitate performance in the wider world. At the same time, the Cage management team is thinking of ways to increase turnout for Harvard’s bands without outside help. “We’re planning a rip-off night,” says Sherrill, “where a Harvard band has to become another band for the night in terms of appearance, songs, everything. We hope that...
...referring to celebrity efforts to influence the voting behavior of young people. But Jehmu Greene, president of Rock the Vote, noted that the work of celebrities such as Springsteen or Diddy (who led the “Vote or Die” campaign) led to a historic turnout of young voters. Tom Brokaw moderated the event, employing his trademark baritone and witty style to keep the confab of luminaries loose. He pondered “what success I might have had,” if not rejected by the Harvard admissions committee decades ago. “I didn?...
Glazer, however, attributed the lower turnout of candidates running to a better understanding of the commitments...