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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
As part of her two-day visit to Capitol Hill, University President Drew G. Faust met Tuesday with four Democratic members of the Congressional deficit-reduction “supercommittee” in the hopes that the committee will think twice before slashing funding for student aid and science research as it looks to trim $1.5 trillion from the national debt.
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan and Zoe A. Y. Weinberg
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign scored two big victories this week with the release of poll numbers that show her in a dead heat with Republican Senator Scott Brown and a high-profile endorsement.
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan and Zoe A. Y. Weinberg
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Visiting Capitol Hill, University President Drew G. Faust will urge members of the so-called Congressional supercommittee to avoid cuts to federal funding for student aid and research.
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan and Zoe A. Y. Weinberg
Monday, October 3, 2011
For the first time in decades, Harvard hosted on Friday a “welcome reception” for students who are veterans, marking yet another step in the University’s recent efforts to repair relations with the military after nearly forty years of tension.
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan
Friday, September 30, 2011
Faced with fundraising difficulties and tough competition, Mayor of Newton Setti Warren announced Thursday that he will drop out of the race for the U.S. Senate.
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NEWS
By Jabulani R. Barber, Tara W. Merrigan, Zoe A. Y. Weinberg, and Xi Yu
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan and Zoe A. Y. Weinberg
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
South Boston, a long-time stronghold of conservative Democrats, will likely be a key battle ground in the upcoming 2012 Senate race between incumbent Republican Scott Brown and Warren, the undisputed Democratic front runner.
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan
Monday, September 26, 2011
Harvard University’s home page was hacked Monday morning by a group calling themselves the “Syrian Electronic Army.”
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan and Zoe A. Y. Weinberg
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Massachusetts Republican party has urged the University to withhold Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren’s salary while she runs in the upcoming election for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently occupied by Scott Brown.
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NEWS
By Tara W. Merrigan and Eliza M. Nguyen
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Hours after President Drew G. Faust led a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and the return of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to Harvard, Lecturer Timothy P. McCarthy ’93 and a number of students spoke out against the University’s decision.
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