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Union Claims Victory In Fainting Janitor Case
After weeks of community outrage, Saintely Paul, the Harvard janitor allegedly fired for fainting on the job, will return to
For Sports, Admit Policy Not Binding
CORRECTION APPENDED Though Harvard announced plans to eliminate its early admissions program earlier this month, the decision isn’t exactly binding
Following Harvard, UVA Ends Early Admissions
With its announcement Monday afternoon, the University of Virginia became the third prominent university—and the first highly ranked public university—to
After Harvard, Princeton Ends Early Decision
A week after Harvard became the first Ivy League university to announce the dismantlement of its early admissions program, Princeton
Taking Harvard's Cue, Princeton Ends Early Decision
A week after Harvard became the first Ivy League university to announce the dismantlement of its early admissions program, Princeton
University Wins Anti-Discrimination Suit
Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Friday that Harvard did not violate the state’s antidiscrimination laws in firing an employee on grounds
Class of 2010 Yield Rises to 80 Percent
Eighty percent of students admitted to the Class of 2010 will matriculate at the College next year, giving Harvard its
Immigrant Cause Draws Hundreds to Yard
"Anti-immigrant sentiment is in some ways as American as apple pie," History and Literature lecturer Timothy P. McCarthy ’93 implored
Alumni Fund To Aid African Grad Students
In time for their 25th reunion this spring, members of the Harvard Class of 1981 have created a scholarship fund
Students, SLAM Plan Walkout
CORRECTION APPENDED Addressing a meeting of members from over 20 student groups, leaders of Harvard’s Fuerza Latina and Student Labor
University of Michigan Retracts Coke Ban
Only three and a half months after suspending its business relations with the Coca-Cola Company over allegations of human rights
Janitors Ask For SLAM’s Help
Four janitors involved in a strike at the University of Miami and several representatives of an international labor union urged
Cola Controversy Riles Up Princeton
Just as a student campaign to urge Harvard to cut its contract with Coke is fizzing up, a magazine whose
The Thick Envelope Takes On New Weight
In an age when some view college acceptances and rejections as life-or-death decisions, FedEx phone operators should hope that applicants
Group Protests Coke Contest
Wielding signs supporting Harvard workers, shaking Pepsi and Dr. Pepper can noisemakers, and pounding makeshift drums, nearly 40 demonstrators marched
