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...least six instances of tire slashing were reported to the CPD in the Alewife area, two miles away from Harvard Square...
...permit dog racing inside its borders, but it does so with a healthy dose of oversight. For example, since 2001, state law has mandated that a veterinarian be on duty to examine greyhounds before and after each race, that dog droppings must be removed daily from the kennel area, and that the state racing commission should address every complaint of greyhound abuse. Between 2005 and 2006, just 0.15 percent of this state’s racing dogs left the track with an injury—a proportion more than ten times smaller than were injured in girls’ high...
...public policy and assistant to University President Drew G. Faust, traced the history of environmental justice in a lecture last Saturday for a group of PBHA alumni and students. Hoyte said it was essential for the mainstream environmental movement, which traditionally focused on conservation in rural and suburban areas, to connect with low-income, minority, and urban communities, which are often the most affected by environmental issues such as pollution, fuel costs, and hazardous waste disposal. “If you’re going to have a real culture of environmentalism and sustainability, it needs to be made relevant...
...ultimate way to show that you have integrity is to have integrity,” Pinker said. Despite the spirited debate, neither budged from his original position, and the discussion remained congenial. An hour into the conversation, the audience—a diverse mix of Harvard students and area residents—was invited to ask questions of the two. One audience member pushed Wolpe to explain his belief in God. “Not all the rhetoric of scientific intimacy begins to capture what is another human being,” Wolpe said. Another question focused on how Pinker...
Summers, however, said this was not an area where he wanted Harvard to compete with other universities...