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...culture,” said Brian R. Leiter, a University of Chicago law professor and legal blogger. “If it’s all dependent on her force of personality, Harvard is in trouble.”The decline of the University’s endowment, which fell by an estimated 22 percent in four months during a period of global economic turmoil, may restrict the new dean’s first moves. As the University prepares to tighten its belt, Kagan’s successor will inherit the responsibility of making decisions based on financial compromises.As...
Harvard (6-7-3, 6-4-2 ECAC) fell, 3-0, to the Big Green (9-5-2, 7-3-2), ceding sole possession of the top spot in the conference to Dartmouth and suffering another setback in what has been a trying season...
...Israeli elections began to approach—Israel responded to a recent increase in rocket attacks out of Gaza with a series of bombardments on Hamas targets that has now lasted almost two weeks. The Israeli Defense Force followed the bombardments with an incursion into the territory after night fell on Saturday. Most sources now report the death toll in Gaza at around 550 and the United Nations has stated that at least a quarter of these people are civilians. The strikes have been successful in destroying symbols of Hamas’s governance in Gaza and killing at least...
...response has been inappropriate and short-sighted. The number of Gazan civilians killed far exceeds the death toll in Israel, and Israeli attempts to evacuate civilians in Gaza have proven unsuccessful. The New York Times reported Monday that civilians forced by Israeli soldiers to move to different homes later fell victim to airstrikes in those new buildings. While Israel can and should defend itself against terrorist attacks, the number of civilian dead is tragic and unwarranted...
...occupation” of Gaza, almost 2,000 of these rockets were fired in the period between Israel’s complete withdrawal from the territory and Hamas’ takeover. There was no blockade, relatively open borders, and no checkpoints or settlements, and still 2,000 missiles fell on Israeli civilians...