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...family trees. Fifteen Minutes: In what three “outfits” would you like to see the John Harvard statue dressed up? Micahel T. Henderson ’11: Bikini, something President Faust would wear, Sarah Palin Alex B. Cohn ’10: 1970s Black Panter activist, miniature pig breeder, FOP Tana Jambadorj ’11: Willy Wonka, French maid, cowboy Nicholas A. Noyer ’09: Peter Shields’ extra-small t-shirt from his Harvard Carnival performance, the finale costumes from “A Chorus Line,” standard Primal...
Dozens of protestors from local environmental and political activist groups lined up in front of the Bank of America in Harvard Square yesterday to protest the company’s purportedly risky investment practices that threaten financial and environmental stability. The public rally, during which participants chanted slogans such as “Money for jobs and education, not for wars and corporations,” attracted a gathering of students, musicians and other impassioned demonstrators. The protest—spearheaded by Rising Tide Boston, a local climate activism group, and Rainforest Action Network, a national organization?...
...Weathermen formed as a radical offshoot of the 1960s student activist group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). A manifesto, which circulated around a June 1969 SDS convention, took its title from Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues." "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," it read, and thus became known as the Weatherman statement. While SDS promoted nonviolent protests, the Weathermen aligned themselves with violent groups like the Black Panthers. "There is no example of a peaceful road to fundamental social change," wrote Weatherman-founder David Gilbert...
...activist journalist is much more embedded in the history of journalism than the impartial journalist,” said Lemman, who is also a former Crimson president. He pointed out that the idea of objective journalism didn’t become the norm until the late 19th century. Goodman said she welcomes the award...
...character and readiness to lead. Over the weekend, it unleashed a torrent of fresh attacks on Obama, including a claim by Palin on Saturday that Obama was someone who would "pal around with terrorists," a reference to Obama's limited relationship with William Ayers, a former violent antiwar activist who now works as a professor in Chicago. The claim, which is supported by campaign ads that ask "Who is Barack Obama?," follow a plan of attack that some Republicans outside the campaign have characterized as the "Manchurian candidate" strategy. By raising questions about Obama's past associations, the campaign...