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...weeks ago, members of the Progressive Students Labor Movement (PSLM) sent a letter to University President Neil L. Rudenstine demanding that presidents of Ivy League schools adopt a strict anti-sweatshop code of conduct...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rudenstine Responds to Labor Group's List of Demands | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

...petition, which contained 237 student and faculty signatures collected by two HMS students last week, called for Martin to issue a statement urging the University to adopt a strong anti-sweatshop policy...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sweatshop Petition Circulated At HMS | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

...hate has grown up and logged on. The Ku Klux Klan doesn't use the term cross burnings anymore; it prefers "sacred cross lightings." Klansmen have waged more legal war than race war in the past few years, trying (mostly in vain) to persuade local judges to let them Adopt-a-Highway. "If somebody comes up with a bottle of Jack Daniel's in one hand and a shotgun in the other and says, 'Let's go kill 'em all,' I say, 'You're not for our group,'" says Jeff Coleman, grand wizard of the Royal Knights of the K.K.K...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trading White Sheets For Pinstripes | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...AALS requires its members to adopt non-discrimination policies, but the military forbids homosexuals from serving. To avoid violating the non-discrimination clause, many schools limited the presence of military recruiters on their campuses...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frank Proposes Bill to Safeguard Law School Aid | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

...Finding out just what motivated the Chens to adopt their unique name proves difficult. Liu explains that the restaurant's Chinese name, printed underneath the English letters on the sign, means "Number...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pu Pu Passes up Flashier Restaurants by Pleasing the Palate | 3/3/1999 | See Source »

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