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Professor Says Harvard Students Too Good To Clean Other Students’ Bathrooms

Matthew McDonald

A Temple University professor of higher education has suggested that a program at Harvard College in which undergraduates clean the bathrooms of other undergraduates for money is demeaning to the workers.

The program, called Dorm Crew, is one of the highest-paying jobs on campus, and is popular with students who need money. The starting pay is $16.25 an hour.

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Man Found With 199 Bags of Heroin in Elementary School Parking Lot, Police Say

Matthew McDonald

Police in Montville, Connecticut say they found 199 bags of heroin in the car of a man who drove into an elementary school parking lot Sunday night.

The 40-year-old man was acting suspicious, which led police to use a police dog to sniff the outside of the vehicle. The dog's reaction led to a search, which led to the heroin, police said, according to The Day of New London, Connecticut.

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