AMANDA E. MCGOWAN
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City Council Supports Restroom in Cambridge Common
Cambridge Common is likely to soon see its first permanent public restroom.
City Council Meeting Convenes
For a few minutes on Monday night, the Cambridge City Council meeting looked more like a poetry slam.
Students Begin 31-Hour Fast for North Korean Defectors
Beginning on Tuesday, members of Harvard Human Rights in North Korea (HRiNK) will fast for 31 hours to raise awareness about the 31 North Korean defectors recently repatriated by the Chinese government. The defectors face imprisonment, forced labor, and possible execution in their native country.
SOCH Hosts 'Body of Work'
Creative expression can play a major role in the process of recovering from eating disorders, said artist Judith Shaw, who exhibited a collection of pieces inspired by her own struggle with anorexia
Journalists, Students Discuss Role of Media
Social media websites have had a transformative effect both on authoritarian regimes during the Arab Spring and on current American electoral politics, said journalists and technology advocates on Wednesday night in Kirkland House, the birthplace of Facebook.
Summers Debates Fiscal Policies
Former Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers, one of the architects of the Obama administration’s fiscal policies, defended the effectiveness of the president’s response to the financial crisis in a debate with former Bush administration official John B. Taylor.