At 5:02pm, just minutes before the news broke of the tragic shooting of Justin Cosby, Dean Evelynn Hammonds sent out a reasonably important email:

I have decided that the issue of late night transportation will undergo further review. I have asked the Harvard College Safety Committee to work with students from the College's new Student Life Working Group to forward a set of recommendations to me on the range and dependability of late night transportation options available to students.

That's karma for you. The Administrators tried to bury the budget cuts underneath a pile of lecture slides and study guides, only to have their responsiveness and care for the students, etc., buried by the news cycle.

But the administration is reviewing their most panned decision, and if it wasn't for shootings, robberies, and swine flu, this would be quite the cause for celebration. All the angst and anger worked. As Hammonds stated:

I appreciated the opportunity to hear from many of you at these open forums and in subsequent emails I've received. I wanted to thank you for your candid comments and to let you know that I have taken the feedback you provided - and continue to provide - seriously.

FlyBy wants to implore all of you to keep up the good fight. Today, at 5:15 student group leaders have organized a protest outside of University Hall to call for more transparency and inclusion in the budget cutting process. Don't forget, there are still 143 million more dollars that need to be cut. Go!