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...walk out of the gates of Harvard Yard, remember the two worlds that exist only blocks away. No longer can Americans rely on national leaders to close the chasm between these two worlds for us. We in state and municipal governments are working to create real solutions, but our efforts depend on your active participation in the process. We need you to help bridge...
...wake of the rape, the security of the campus came under heavy scrutiny, especially in the Quad area and on the walk from the river Houses to the Quad. Then-master of North House Hanna Hastings charged the University with inadequately providing for the safety of Quad residents. In particular, Hastings pointed out that only one guard was employed to patrol all three Quad Houses, while each of the river Houses had its own guard and six guards roamed Harvard Yard, who mostly keep bicycle riders from mounting their bikes in the Yard...
...violence against women have not entirely disappeared. In 2003, a string of students were sexually assaulted in Cambridge Common, leading the University to install emergency call phones to improve safety on the walk to the Quad. The Harvard-operated phones, marked by distinctive blue lights, can be used to directly summon police. Earlier requests for such phones had been denied because Harvard did not own the land. It took the series of assaults for Harvard to agree to the callboxes, which were installed in the fall of 2004 at a cost of $12,000 to the University...
...yesterday finally changed my perspective on things,” senior four-seat Wes Kauble said. “After all the turmoil we’ve been through, we were able to find nine guys who were dedicated to making this boat move, and it was fantastic to walk away knowing there was nothing more we could have done.”Harvard started slow and was in fifth place after the first 300 meters. But the Crimson pushed aggressively and was able to take down each boat ahead of it until it was neck and neck with...
...close U.S. ally and one of its biggest recipients of military aid, Mubarak has lately had to walk a fine line, continuing to keep his tight rein on power while paying lip service to the kind of democratization that the Bush Administration claims to be spreading in the Middle East. Mubarak has argued that the mere fact that Egyptians are protesting is "evidence of democracy," but in recent weeks, harsh beatings of demonstrators and detentions of political dissidents have left little doubt about the Mubarak regime's lack of tolerance for any real opposition...