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Harvard Dems Create Service Group
The Harvard College Democrats plan to step up their commitment to community service this semester with the creation of DemsCorps—a program that will partner with existing student groups such as the Environmental Action Committee and the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, club officers announced at their first meeting of the semester yesterday.
Students React to State of the Union
Campus Democrats and Republicans found common ground in their praise for President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last night, with students of both political leanings hailing the speech for its bipartisan rhetoric.
Harvard Dems
The Harvard College Democrats work on posters to support their Citizen School trainees while watching the results of the Senate primary elections. The Citizen School encourages civic engagement among middle schoolers.
Workers, Students Rally Against Layoffs
Several dozen Harvard employees and students rallied outside the Holyoke Center last night, protesting the budget cuts that may dim the holiday season for some University staff.
Al Jazeera Commentator
California State Professor As’ad AbuKhalil contrasts the Middle East policies of Presidents Bush and Obama yesterday at Harvard Law School.
Say Yes to Drugs, Tear Down This Wall!
This afternoon, two Say Yes to Drugs campaigners stopped by The Crimson to warn us that they were about to do something epic. We'd better get a picture of this, they told us. They were going to tear down a brick wall. But when we strolled by Massachusetts Hall to check out the protest, the scene was slightly less than epic. The demonstrators, organized by members of the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, rallied for fair access to generic medicine in developing countries. That was it. Or was it? Find out after the jump.
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Former three-star general Yoo Sung Kim, from North Korea, shares his experiences working as an informant to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) yesterday in Emerson Hall. Sanghyeon Park ’12 translated.
Alums Battle to Fill Kennedy Senate Seat
Businessman Stephen Pagliuca and social activist Alan Khazei ’83—both contenders in the election to fill the late Senator Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat—battled it out yesterday in a debate held at the Harvard Law School.
Senior Meets With Top Policy Officials
Harvard senior Layla Amjadi ’10 challenged White House officials to develop a more specific plan for Sudan in a meeting in Washington, DC on Tuesday.
Dem. Senate Candidate Speaks in Adams House
Raucous applause welcomed Democratic Senate hopeful Alan A. Khazei ’83, into the Upper Common Room of Adams House yesterday afternoon. ...
Canada Gives ‘Call of Service’ Lecture
Prominent social activist Geoffrey Canada passionately denounced the barriers to education reform as he delivered the Phillips Brooks House Association’s annual Robert Coles “Call of Service” Lecture in Memorial Church last Friday.
