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That approximately 25 percent of the players in Major League Baseball and more than 48 percent of the players in the Minor league/Cactus league are of Latino descent should not be lost on the MLB and its commissioner, Allan H. Selig. The MLB has the opportunity right now to take a firm stance like the NFL did in the ’90s and move its product away from a state that could possibly detain and/or lock up a fourth of their employees based simply on how they look. San Diego Padres star Adrian Gonzalez has already come out stating...

Author: By Carl L. Miller | Title: Razing Arizona | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...nothing changes before July 29, when these laws go into effect, these two public officials have all but guaranteed another self-inflicted knockout punch for Arizona’s tourism economy and probable political exile once the political winds shift away from them. The Major League Baseball Players Association released a statement through its Executive Director Michael Weiner in response to the immigration bill, stating, “The Major League Baseball Players Association opposes this law as written. We hope that the law is repealed or modified promptly. If the current law goes into effect, the MLBPA will consider...

Author: By Carl L. Miller | Title: Razing Arizona | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

Saarni said that Wheeler’s story sounds like “a major case of self-aggrandizement... A person who is a pathological liar lies to protect their self interest...to look bigger than one actually feels...

Author: By Xi Yu and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Analysis: Alleged Liar May Be 'Pathological' | 5/25/2010 | See Source »

Wayne M. Langley, director of higher education for SEIU Local 615, said that SEIU commissioned the report to determine the implications of major universities’ financial situations, which affect many of the union’s members...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study: Colleges Caused Financial Crisis | 5/24/2010 | See Source »

...just so impressed by the work of everyone I talked to, so it was a major surprise to me to know that I’d been singled out for anything,” said Bear, whose research on neurons and gene expression has been published in the scientific journals Nature and Neuron...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Awarded Fay Prize | 5/24/2010 | See Source »

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