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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court seemed unwilling yesterday to accept a gay rights group’s claim that on-campus military recruitment violates law schools’ free speech rights.And the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), a nationwide network of 36 law schools challenging the Pentagon’s recruitment policy, may have tossed away its only chance at victory by refusing to advance an argument made by 40 Harvard law professors that initially appeared to attract the support of several justices.The statute in question, known as the Solomon Amendment, allows the Pentagon to withhold federal...
...using megaphones and amplifiers to bombard pedestrians and legal experts exiting the court. “We’re not going to stop until the last recruiter is kicked off campus,” said University of Maryland student Rayyan Ghuma, a member of the Campus Anti-War Network. But pro-Solomon demonstrator Allison Kasic said she found the resistance to the military painful because of the large number of friends she has in the armed services. “It just really hurts when people start being anti-troops,” she said while flashing...
...We’re not going to stop until the last recruiter is kicked off campus,” said University of Maryland student Rayyan Ghuma, a member of the Campus Anti-War Network...
...Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), a nationwide network of 36 law schools challenging the Pentagon’s recruitment policy, may have tossed away its only chance at victory by refusing to advance an argument made by 40 Harvard law professors that initially appeared to attract the support of several justices...
More than 200 student activists from across the country gathered in Boylston Hall this weekend for the December Darfur Conference, sponsored by the national student group Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND).Over the weekend, STAND elected eight members to its national executive committee, launched a network connecting students fighting Darfur genocide, and kicked off a campaign to urge national politicians to take action on the issue.Students from Harvard, Brandeis University, Georgetown University, and Wellesley College organized the anti-genocide conference, which brought college and high school students from around the country. They came to attend workshops and organize...