Report Questions Red Line Safety
By SOFIA E. GROOPMAN
The Red Line of the T, which serves as a primary mode of transportation for Cambridge residents and Harvard students, is currently in danger of a potential train derailment, according to a report released Wednesday.
Hammonds Doubles Back on Ad Board Report Release
By LAUREN D. KIEL and ERIC P NEWCOMER
In response to a question posed by former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 at the final Faculty meeting of the academic year in May, Hammonds informed those in attendance that she would release the report. But in a meeting with The Crimson last Thursday, Hammonds said that the report, which she commissioned, would not be made public.
Asian-American Elected to Council
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Tuesday’s Cambridge municipal elections were a landmark for the city, marked by the election of the first Asian-American City Councillor and the first write-in candidate, according to new results released by the Cambridge Election Commission yesterday.
Indian Actress To Enroll At HBS
By EESHA D. DAVE
Renowned Bollywood actress Preity Zinta is adding to her resume of blockbusters by enrolling in an executive course at Harvard Business School next month to study negotiating and deal-making, the Indian media reported this week.
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By THE CRIMSON STAFF
While Race to the Top constitutes only a small fraction of the $96.8 billion allocated to the Department of Education under the stimulus package, it will be money well spent.
Winds of Change
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Continuing a promising pattern of leading higher education in sustainability, Harvard signed a 15-year deal this week that will ensure that 10 percent of the energy needs for its Cambridge and Allston buildings will be provided by wind power.
Every Hero Needs A Villain...
By RAÚL A. CARRILLO
Although Obama has certainly not been lenient with greedy bankers or seedy polluters, he has refused to completely vilify any particular group as the cause of our problems.
Yes We Have?
By CLAY A. DUMAS
“Optimistic, but high unemployment, fewer social services, worse education, and some large-scale public works projects. That’s Ashtabula for ya.”
An Unnecessary Stipend
By BENJAMIN P. SCHWARTZ
To establish a genuine culture of peer-based mentorship and to save precious resources in the middle of a budget crunch, University Hall should do now what it should have done at the program’s inception: let PAFs advise for free.
FOCUS
The Swine Flu and You
By SOHEYLA D. GHARIB and DAVID S. ROSENTHAL
As if the global financial meltdown
weren’t enough, this spring introduced
scary words like “novel virus” and “pandemic,”
bumping the financial crisis off
the headlines.
A Quarantine Story
By ZACHARIAH P. HUGHES
In the end, I guess it’s more about
how you’re quarantined, rather than
how you aren’t quarantined.
Life in the Pen
By DERRICK ASIEDU
This alphabet soup of pandemics is
part and parcel of a perennial American
diet consisting of hype and overreaction
to illnesses with miniscule mortality rates.
From the Archives
SEPTEMBER 30, 1976: Harvard Study, UHS Disagree On Swine Flu
By FRED HIATT
Officials at the University Health Services
will advise all undergraduates to
be vaccinated against swine flu in sharp
contrast to Massachusetts policy and to a
just-completed Harvard Medical School
study that will recommend against mass
immunization of young adults.
NOVEMBER 12, 1976: Health Services Vaccinates 5000 People
By GIZELA M. GONZALEZ
Despite the distraction of mid-terms
and the widespread publicity concerning
swine flu vaccine’s possible side
effects, almost 5000 people received
the vaccine early this week in the UHS
three-day immunization program.
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