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...Susan R. Suleiman, acting chair of the Literature department, said that she is concerned about the representation of the humanities in the new curriculum...
Most marijuana users who get caught smoking a joint summarily pay a fine, but when an undercover police officer detained Richard E. Cusick and R. Keith Stroup, the two chose instead to challenge the constitutionality of Massachusetts laws banning marijuana for the first time in 30 years...
Arrested for sharing a marijuana cigarette at the annual Boston Freedom Rally in September, Cusick and Stroup turned to Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson ’60 for legal counsel. Nesson and his clients acknowledged that they had used the illegal drug, and decided upon an unusual defense: they argued that the statute outlawing marijuana in Massachusetts has no “rational basis,” and that the jury has the power of jury nullification, or ruling a defendant innocent while recognizing that he or she had violated...
...want this to be available for educational purposes,” Cheung said. “The site really fulfills the mission at the School of Public Health to take research and translate and communicate it in a way to benefit the world at large.” Sari R. Kalin, the Nutrition Source program coordinator who played a significant role in the redesign, said that the improved site provides the average consumer with basic recommendations and tips. The site also includes references to scientific journals for more in-depth information. Kalin said that with approximately 2.2 million visitors...
Catherine R. Shapiro, the current resident dean of Leverett House, has been appointed to the newly-created post of assistant dean of residential life, House Master Howard M. Georgi ’68 announced last week. After serving in Leverett for seven years—in a position that individuals typically hold for only five—Shapiro will take her experience to University Hall to provide administrative support for the resident deans of all the Houses. “The Office of Residential Life and the dean of the College’s office are spending...