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...Cooperation and Development and a longtime Republican representative of Maryland in the U.S. Congress. Drawing from her experience in American politics, Morella will head a study group on the past, present, and future of political moderates in Congress. She was one of six Republicans who voted against authorizing military action against Iraq in 2003 and describes herself as “a minority in the minority and a minority in the majority.” Morella, who was also an IOP fellow in 2003, said she is pleased to return to Cambridge to discuss issues such as redistricting, special interest...
...uncharacteristically blunt terms, Sen. John F. Kerry delivered an impassioned plea for action on climate change at the Law School Wednesday, rebuking the nation’s “screwed up” priorities and criticizing both the U.S. government and Harvard for not taking stronger action to reduce carbon emissions. “The level of irresponsibility with respect to environmental issues is beyond comprehension,” Kerry said, noting that the U.S. has ignored international efforts to cap emissions and is trailing most of the developed world in using renewable fuels for electricity generation...
This year marks the first without Early Action, the non-binding early admissions program that allowed students to apply by Nov. 1 and receive a decision by mid-December. Harvard announced the program’s end in fall 2006, arguing that early admissions practices tend to advantage students from wealthier families...
...more than 700 people have been killed, and thousands more have been displaced. John M. Mugane, a professor of African languages who chaired the meeting, said that the plight of refugees affected by the violence should be the students’ chief concern. “This is an action meeting. We know atrocities are being committed,” Mugane said. “Lives are being devastated.” Among the plans discussed was a benefit concert with Kenyan musicians, the proceeds of which will go to the Kenya Red Cross. Karimi J. Gituma, a fifth-year...
...above our differences." But there was skepticism about whether the worthy pronouncement could usher in concrete change. Forum participant Mohammed El-Fifi, a spokesman for the Islamic Cultural Center, Spain's largest mosque, summed up a widely held concern: "Talk is talk. Can they transform all this talk into action? That's the question...