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HDAG is targeting Schlumberger for divestment because of the company’s ties to the Sudanese oil industry. According to a report by the Sudan Divestment Task Force—a national activist group that HDAG is a member of—Schlumberger has increased the number of oil rigs it has in Sudan by 400% since the start of the genocide...
Brandeis sophomore Daniel Millenson, the head of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, said in a phone interview last night that Schlumberger has ties—indirectly—to the Sudanese government through oil consortiums the firm participates in with native Sudanese companies...
...legislation largely mirrors February’s Report of the Task Force on General Education, proposing the creation of a standing committee for the next academic year to draft a detailed plan on how to implement the new curriculum of eight required course categories. It would go into effect no sooner than the 2008-2009 academic year...
...encourage jurors to convict only when proof is strong. Probably the best option would be to shift the inquiry from whether the prosecution's case evokes doubt to whether it is persuasive. Solan suggests that jurors be "firmly convinced" of guilt, a phrase that focuses on the government's task (to persuade) rather than a defendant's (to create doubt). Several states and federal circuits have adopted similar wording. While no conclusive evidence shows how that phrase has affected actual verdicts, several studies indicate that it sets a high...
After so much time off, having to play so many games in so little time could be a grueling endeavor for Harvard. But the squad has taken measures to make sure it is well prepared for the task...