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THURSDAY
College Sees No Change in Admissions Yield

Harvard's yield for the Class of 2012 will remain about the same as last year—around 78 percent—even though the college admissions landscape has seen dramatic changes.

THURSDAY
Student Attacked Outside Lamont

An unidentified male approached a female student from behind and wrapped a thin wire around her neck early Tuesday morning before she kicked the unknown assailant and fled the area unharmed, according to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD).

TUESDAY
Fire Shuts Down Square

Parts of Harvard Square were closed for most of Friday morning after an underground electrical fire erupted and flared up through several manholes on the corner of Mass Ave and Dunster Street.

FRIDAY

CHL Tables Event Planning

In its most assertive move of the semester, the Committee on House Life (CHL) decided to table their final approval of student organization event planing when some members expressed concern that there had not been sufficient time to vet the working draft.

THURSDAY
Legislators Debate Endowment Tax

The Massachusetts House of Representatives considered an amendment to the budget Monday that would impose a 2.5 percent tax on university with endowments of over $1 billion, a proposal that would impact the state’s elite universities like Harvard and MIT, both of which have endowments of at least $10 billion.

WEDNESDAY
Faust To Address ROTC Cadets

When Lawrence H. Summers served as president, he addressed the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony each year to voice his support for Harvard’s future military men and women.


 
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Webmail Worries @ FAS

In February, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Information Technology circulated a comprehensive survey to address trends ranging from student concerns with FAS Webmail to general satisfaction with IT’s Web services.

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Riding With the Paul Revere Battalion

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THE FINANCIERS
Donor Conference Meets at Harvard


They descended on Cambridge in droves this weekend to see current undergraduates, hear lectures from faculty, and, of course, be wined and dined. No, not prefrosh. Millionaires.

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Profs Guarded on Reform
 
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