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...It’s actions like this—state-wide action??that let our legislators know that this is a serious issue and that something needs to be done,” he said. “I’m not that optimistic about the timing, but I think that with continued persistence we’ll be able to do something...
...nine justices supported affirmative action in concept. Although he dissented from the Grutter decision, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy averred that the Bakke standard—and thus affirmative action??is valid, although he said the law school’s policy does not meet that standard...
Activists at Concordia like to brag that the school has a long tradition of “direct action??. During the heady days of 1969, the (in)famous “Computer Riots” occurred at Concordia’s Hall Building. Some students felt that not enough was being done to address complaints of racism against blacks in a particular professor’s grading. Instead of simply occupying the campus, the protesters chose to ‘take it to the man’ by throwing computers out of the seventh and ninth floor windows...
Fitzsimmons said the change will result from the College’s recent decision not to allow next year’s applicants to apply early to Harvard and other non-binding “early action?? programs simultaneously, as it had in recent years. This cycle, Harvard also allowed its early applicants to apply to binding “early decision” programs...
...Turnpike Authority’s response to the MBTA’s invocation of eminent domain—a letter hand-delivered to MBTA attorneys on Friday afternoon— stated that the Turnpike was “mystified by the MBTA’s action?? especially since the University was prepared to “facilitate the continuation of commuter rail and freight services...