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FAS Lays Off 77 Staffers
By PETER F. ZHU
Friday, July 03, 2009 2:37 AM
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has eliminated 77 staff positions and reduced work hours for another 15 employees as part of the recent University-wide downsizing, Dean Michael D. Smith announced Wednesday.

FAS Finance Dean To Depart After Less Than A Year
By BONNIE J. KAVOUSSI and ESTHER I. YI
Friday, July 03, 2009 2:32 AM
Brett C. Sweet, dean of administration and finance for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will leave Harvard this month to become Vanderbilt's Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith announced Thursday morning.

Drug-Related Violence Prompts City Action
By MICHELLE L. QUACH
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:49 AM
An unusual slew of drug-related violence in Cambridge during the last two months has prompted city leaders to expand the local police presence and increase public outreach in an effort to quell residents’ unease.

Law School Lays Off 12
By ATHENA Y. JIANG
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:45 AM
Harvard Law School laid off 12 staff members last week as part of its effort to reduce the size of its workforce by about 10 percent, acting Dean Howell E. Jackson announced in an e-mail to the Law School community last Tuesday.

Cutbacks to Subcontracted Janitorial Staff Continue
By PETER F. ZHU
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:10 PM
University officials are continuing to cut Harvard's subcontracted janitorial staff despite a string of protests in Cambridge and at the Medical School campus this past spring, according to union organizers.
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HKS Cuts 18 Staffers To Close Budget Gap
By PETER F. ZHU
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:06 PM
The Harvard Kennedy School has laid off 18 employees to help it close a $2 million budget gap that persisted after less drastic spending cuts, Dean David T. Ellwood '75 announced in a letter to the School's faculty and staff last Tuesday.

CRIMSON/ ALAN C. CHIU

Protesters express their discontent with the recently announced University-wide layoffs at a rally in Harvard Yard Thursday afternoon.

HBS Cuts Staff, Trims Publishing Arm
By WILLIAM N. WHITE
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:07 PM
Harvard Business School announced last week that it would lay off 16 of its more than 1,000 employees as part of a broader downsizing that will reduce the School's overall staff by 130 people.

Annenberg Gatekeeper Steps Down
By MOLLY M. STRAUSS
Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:49 PM
Annenberg Dining Hall card-swiper and campus legend Domna Antoniou accepted the University's buyout package and will retire this Tuesday, she said, after working at Harvard University Dining Services for nearly 22 years.

Staffers Vehemently Criticize Job Cuts
By ESTHER I. YI
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:53 PM
Most staff workers had forecasted the news for months, and the unprecedented fiscal slump had left no budget-cutting measure too improbable to consider. But the reality of losing 275 employees in one sweep has nonetheless aroused the bitterness of staff members who learned Tuesday morning of the downsizing to come.

Suspect in Kirkland Shooting Indicted
By PETER F. ZHU
Friday, June 26, 2009 2:49 PM
New York City resident Jabrai Jordan Copney, 20, one of the three men alleged to have been involved in the drug-related shooting death of Justin Cosby in Kirkland House last month, was indicted late Thursday night by a grand jury on charges that include first degree murder and armed robbery.

Harvard Libraries Cuts Jobs, Hours
By PETER F. ZHU
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:46 PM
Harvard College Library has eliminated over 20 staff positions and cut hours for several other employees as part of the University-wide layoffs announced this past week, according to an e-mail sent to staff by HCL's head librarian Nancy M. Cline.

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Portrait in a Crimson Mirror: JOHN ASHBERY ’49
By JESSICA A. SEQUEIRA
Friday, May 01, 2009 3:41 AM
Reading a poem by John Ashbery ’49 for the first time feels like walking into the room of a stranger. The space is mysterious; the language, unfamiliar. There is some sort of order, but it is known only to the owner. Slowly, though, orienting details emerge. Ashbery’s words take on a reassuring rhythm, thrumming steadily, visually, against the walls of the mind. Gradually one gets one’s bearings, locating oneself within the discursive beauty. “How does it feel to be outside and inside at the same time, / The delicious feeling of the air contradicting and secretly abetting / The interior warmth?” asks Ashbery in “The Bungalows,” lines that could apply to his work itself.

Tackling Textile Myth
Drawing on social theory, student show explores gendered conceptions of textiles
By CANDACE I. MUNROE
Friday, May 01, 2009 1:36 AM
Amy J. Lien ’09 wants to challenge what she calls the commercialized image of textiles, a medium often associated with femininity and domestic life. In order to do so, she has organized an Arts First show featuring student artwork that uses textiles as a point of inspiration. “Latent/Lubricious (Fabrication Methods)” opens tonight in the Adams Art Space.

Belle Époque Humor Amuses in Adams
By ROXANNE J. FEQUIERE
Friday, May 01, 2009 1:39 AM
Norman R. Shapiro ’51 has been affiliated with Adams House for several decades. During the 1940s and 50s, before the college began using randomization to assign student housing, he reveled in the house’s strong artistic community and later became a house tutor.

Student Artists Bring in the Benjamins
By REBECCA A. SCHUETZ
Friday, May 01, 2009 1:40 AM
It isn’t often that struggling college students can make $4000 in a single weekend through legal means. But in the Student Art Show—the first of its kind at Harvard, taking place through May 4—56 student artists from varying sectors of the community will have the opportunity to display and sell their work.

Copland’s Work Celebrated
By MATT E. SACHS
Friday, May 01, 2009 1:35 AM
“Copland is really one of the greats when it comes to American band music in the 21st century,” says Bilal A. Siddiqui ’11, one of the managers of the Harvard University Wind Ensemble. Tomorrow, the Wind Ensemble will perform “Old American Songs of Aaron Copland,” a showcase of songs from the corpus of this renowned American composer in celebration of Arts First.

Performance of Pop’s Past
By SUSIE Y. KIM
Friday, May 01, 2009 1:34 AM
Camera Obscura is an indie pop band. Camerata Obscura is what an indie pop band might have been like back in the Renaissance. “A lot of small playing groups call themselves camerata,” explains Anna H. de Bakker ’10, who sings the alto part in the vocal ensemble, “and we were making a pun.” The program that Camerata Obscura will be presenting on Saturday May 2 at 2:30 at Adolphus Busch Hall, titled “Music of Lament,” showcases music’s ancient past.

‘Hamlet’ with Modernist Influences
By SUSIE Y. KIM
Friday, May 01, 2009 1:42 AM
In the HRDC’s production “The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark,” the cast and crew dare to tamper with the sacred texts of Shakespeare. “Hamlet is this worshipped thing. A lot of Shakespeare’s works are. It’s really quite sad, I think,” says director Jason R. Vartikar ’11.

ARTS MONDAY:
HCC’s ‘Lysistrata’ Takes Humorous Liberties
Dr. Y Says Goodbye Triumphantly
‘Rite’ Isn’t Quite Right Without Innovation

Freshmen Heavyweights Pace Crimson at IRAs

CRIMSON/ JESSICA S. LIN

By DENNIS J. ZHENG
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—After 106 years, the time was ripe for a change. For the first time ever in its long and storied history, the 2009 Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships was moved from its usual east coast location to Sacramento, Calif., where the nation’s top crews duked it out from Thursday through Saturday.

Radcliffe Shores Up Skills in Jersey
By ALEX SOPKO
If there was ever a make-or-break situation, yesterday was it. Tied at No. 15 going into yesterday’s EAWRC regatta in Camden, New Jersey, the Radcliffe heavyweight women’s crew team knew that it needed solid races in order to qualify for this year’s NCAA Championships.

Top Boats Settle for Second in Worcester
By LOREN AMOR
The Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crew teams are no strangers to the big stage, and when EARC Sprints come around, they expect to find themselves racing in the final heat. Needless to say, last year provided a shock for the Crimson’s first varsity eights when each boat missed its respective Grand Final at Easterns and had to settle for wrapping up their days in the petite final.

Seniors Highlight ECAC, IC4A Tourney Meet Weekends
By DIXON MCPHILLIPS
While the rest of us may be swamped with finals and papers, the Harvard track and field team found itself one in a deep pool of teams at the three-day 2009 ECAC/IC4A Championships in Princeton, N.J. When the dust settled yesterday, the women’s side held on to 20th—out of 57—while the men settled for 22nd—out of 52.

Individuals Mark Mid-Pack Finish
By KEVIN T. CHEN
The Harvard men’s and women’s track and field team traveled to Franklin Field in Philadelphia for the Outdoor Ivy League Championships, marking the culmination of its outdoor season. While the Heps doesn’t exactly have the same high-profile significance of the Penn Relays—held annually at the same site—the Crimson posted numerous exciting performances that would have arguably made any spectator believe that the most storied competition in track was being held last weekend.

Harvard Claims 19th at Regionals
After winning the Ivy League Championships, the Crimson struggles in Ohio
By THOMAS D. HUTCHISON
This time of year is a busy time for most Harvard students as the year comes to a close. For members of the Crimson’s women’s golf team, the weeks leading up to the end of the semester period are no different.

CRIMSON/ LINGBO LI

Food with Lingbo Li '11: Cuisine with a Kick

Cuisine with a Cranium
Lingbo Li takes her turn at mindful eating.
By LINGBO LI
Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:15 PM
It was about as big as a White Castle slider patty. It was crowned with the bright yellow of poached quail egg and a magenta flower. It was a calves brain, and I was about to eat it.

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IN THE MEANTIME
Building the Public Domain, Part I
Charles R. Nesson ’60, the self-styled “Dean of Cyberspace,” makes news and stirs controversy with his unconventional tactics in the fight against the RIAA
By CHRISTIAN B. FLOW
The deposition of Joel Tenenbaum, alleged file-downloader, alleged file-sharer, took place at 9:15 on a Wednesday morning late last September, in the skyscraper-bound Boston law offices of the commercial law firm Robinson and Cole.

Building in the Public Domain, Part II

15 Questions with Chester French
By KEVIN LIN
Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:01 PM
Last month, Harvard-grads-turned-rock-stars Chester French released their premiere album, “Love the Future.” They also made a few “colorful” additions to their online store. Alongside records, t-shirts, and stickers, dedicated fans can now purchase the “ENDURANCE Package,” which includes a work-out session with band members D.A. Wallach and Maxwell C. Drummey ’07 and a game of two-on-two basketball. The “Slumber Party Package” (you provide the sleeping bags and cartoon-themed pillowcases) features breakfast for the family prepared by the band, as well as a serenade of your mother on the ukulele. The “African Safari Package,” costs $75,000. FM interviewed the dynamic duo on their innovative marketing scheme, their new album, and their life as rock stars.

Prepping for the Big Leagues
Jason Y. Shah '11 and INeedAPencil.com are changing SAT prep, one kid at a time.
By H. ZANE B. WRUBLE
Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:19 PM
For most college students, the formerly dreaded SAT has become nothing more than an irrelevant number from the past. But for Jason Y. Shah ’11, the plight of SAT prep for high school students is the basis of his enterprise, INeedAPencil.com. Unlike more famous companies such as Kaplan and Princeton Review, which often charge several hundred dollars for a preparatory course, is geared toward low-income and underprivileged students.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Tired of the Square? Need to get far, far, away from Lamont? The Outing Club will show the way.
By KATE A BOROWITZ
Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:23 PM
WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT?

FOR THE MOMENT
Pedaling VeriFast
Environmental Action Committee launches a free bike rental program
By LAURA C. SCHAFFER
Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:23 PM
Move aside trayless dining, looks like Harvard’s onto a more convenient way to save the environment. Katharine (“Katie”) S. Walter ’10 and Karen A. McKinnon ’10, co-chairs of Harvard’s Environmental Action Committee (EAC), have enabled students to expend their eco-friendly energy in a much easier way. In fact, it’s as simple as riding a bike—a bike that’s made entirely out of salvaged and recycled parts, that is.

Get Out!
Leave your room. Have fun.
By LAURA C SCHAFFER
Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:59 PM
1. Lazerzone Laser Tag

Three Things I Hate About You, Reading Period
By JESSICA L. FLEISCHER
Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:55 PM
Reading period? Drinking period? Catching up on Gossip Girl period?

Year By the Numbers
By KRITI LODHA
Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:08 PM
Statistics 08-09 (Year by the Numbers)