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Such were the words of a professor I greatly respect, two days prior to my departure for Beijing. He was, at my request, expressing his opinion on continuing academic exchange with China in light of the events of June...
...executive committee of the MSP shares our students' outrage at the repeated cuts in the University budget and opposes any further fee hikes, staff reductions or budget cuts...We request that the faculty not penalize students who are participating in the strike, absences should be excused, assignments and tests postponed," the professors' society declared in a press release...
...Dean Jewett has been quoted in the November 3 issue of The Crimson as saying, "ROTC has a right to request campus space on an individual, time-to-time basis like any other activity." Why, one asks? Because Harvard students are involved? No. Fraternities, sororities and final clubs are not allowed to conduct activities on campus even when they involve Harvard students (Handbook for Students, p. 176). So why this direct contradiction of University policy? If Harvard allows ROTC on campus, it has an obligation to permit occasional "final clubs" meetings as well...
...provisions of this ordinance shall be severable in all respects. The City Council shall, in the form of a home rule petition if required, request the state legislature to enact all measures necessary or convenient for implementing these provisions...
...publicly about the scarcity of blacks in key behind-the-scenes positions. (Hall's producer and director, as well as the vice president of his production company, are all white women.) According to Hall, after making the statements Edwards asked for a $40,000 contribution to his organization, a request that Hall told a reporter "sounds like extortion to me." Edwards denied asking for money and slapped Hall with a $10 million slander suit...