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...called with more or less frequency, Johnson plans to figure out what's driving the change. His two biggest priorities are lowering the number of technical fouls called in games - during the 2007 playoffs in particular, the refs called techs at an alarming rate, needlessly inserting themselves into the action - and tackling the perception that referees favor certain star players, which the recent report specifies as a real concern. Johnson has encouraged coaches and owners to contact him directly with bias complaints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can an Army General Whip NBA Refs into Shape? | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...care about it,” Julio D. Montejo Jr. ’10 said “but it was overwhelming to spend so much time on sustainability when the quality of the food is what I’m really concerned about.” Environmental Action Committee Chair Zachary C. Arnold ’10 called the number of sustainability questions on the survey “pretty intense,” but praised HUDS for paying attention to the issue. “They should continue expanding attention on it,” he said...

Author: By Malcolm-wiley T. Floyd, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Food Survey Looks At Sustainability | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

Elizabeth Martinez, a hotel worker from California, shared her experiences as an employee and a labor organizer with Harvard students in a discussion yesterday organized by the Harvard Student Labor Action Movement. Martinez has been working as a waitress at the Hilton Hotel in Long Beach, Calif. for 11 years. She said that working conditions have degenerated since the management of the hotel was turned over four years ago to HEI Hotels and Resorts, a company supported by funds from various university endowments. “The way they manage those hotels is just horrible,” Martinez said...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hotel Waitress Protests Conditions | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...open them up a little bit, then things started to come together,” Fucito said.Harvard began its onslaught three minutes into the half, as Fucito sent a cross just wide. Two minutes later, Akpan followed with a shot saved by Murray. Stamatis also got into the action with an attempt, which went wide left in the 58th minute. Another six minutes passed before the Providence keeper knocked down a charging Akpan in the box, as both were chasing the ball. After a penalty was called, Stamatis knocked in the free kick, his fourth score of the season...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Providence No Match for No. 17 Harvard | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...look at the record of the recent past, every case on national security, for example, has been divided 5-4. Abortion is up for grabs. Affirmative action and racial justice are [major] issues. The longest a president can serve is a tiny fraction of the [average Supreme Court justice's tenure]. The amount of power that the Supreme Court has is much greater, for better or for worse. We're one vote away from flip-flopping on the law of the land on issue after issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outgoing ACLU President Nadine Strossen | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

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