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Administrators Discuss Alcohol and Student Safety

Harvard officials fielded questions on the College’s drug, alcohol, and amnesty policies during a panel attended by an audience of about 20 undergraduates yesterday evening.

Shuttle Stop Changes Due to Construction

That perfectly timed grab-a-banana-and-dash morning routine may need some minor tinkering for the next two days since the Quad shuttle stop will be moved a slight distance away from the Houses.

HUDS: New Dishes for a New Semester

While you might not be too excited by the prospect of leaving behind home-cooking, Harvard University Dining Services is planning to make a few changes that might make this spring's dining hall fare just that much more palatable.

The market for these used books may become more competitive now that publicly funded universities are required to post prices and book ISBNs online.

Today in Photos (09/08/10)

Freshmen stargaze on the roof of the Science Center yesterday as Astronomy Lab Manager Allyson Bieryla points out salient celestial objects. The roof was open to promote the course SPU21: Stellar Measures of the Universe.

Endowment Drop and Budget Cuts

This year's seniors felt the effects of the drastic decrease in Harvard's endowment over the past four years, as spending was cut on everything from faculty to hot breakfasts.

Famous children's book author Eric Carle spoke to an audience in Longfellow Hall yesterday. Carle told the crowd about his childhood and his path to becoming a world-renowned author and illustrator.

Last fall, the Bok Center began a pilot program called “Oral Communications Skills Course For International TFs.”

Christopher Wheat, an assistant professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke yesterday alongside Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Brandon M. Terry ’05 at a panel on diversity in higher education at the Office of Career Services.

Today in Photos (04/09/10)

Photos published in the Friday, April 9, 2010 edition of the Harvard Crimson.

Dissecting the Debate

Dr. Timothy Johnson, medical editor for ABC news, Ezra Klein, a blogger and columnist, and Julie Rovner, a correspondent for National Public Radio, discussed how the media covered the healthcare debate at the Shorenstein Center’s panel on healthcare reform and new media last night.

Today in Photos (04/06/10)

Photos published in the April 6, 2010 edition of the Harvard Crimson.