Word: assertation
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...Harvard Law School (HLS) would stay in Cambridge, a report by that school argued that if it was to move, HLS would be best suited by a riverfront plot on land currently occupied by the College’s athletic fields. Some College officials, in turn, have sought to assert their primacy over the fields...
...representation in these hearings. Given that these hearings can touch on controversial issues such as civil rights violations and assault charges, and considering the dubious nature of the policy change, it is possible that the DOC is using this new policy to silence prisoners and weaken their ability to assert their legal rights. While we can only hope this is not the case, no reasonable motivation for making the change at this time has been presented. In a fair and just society, inmates would always be able to receive counsel about their rights as prisoners. Whether first-year or third...
...unclear at Harvard. There’s an important issue of academic integrity at the core of this problem. Harvard is not Verizon. Values other than maximizing shareholder value ought to hold sway in the University environment. Universities should make it plain how a student can assert a defense. Universities ought to support their students in cases like Slater?...
...school that boasts fostering the world leaders of tomorrow, this gender imbalance does not bode well for the realities beyond the Ivory Tower. We are supposed to be the generation that breaks the glass ceiling. If we cannot assert ourselves on this campus, where does that leave...
Corporate America has beaten down the ordinary American worker for too long, and Greider believes that these victimized workers are fed up and ready to assert their power. In his new book The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy, Greider insists that there is no question of the widespread discontent among American employees; instead, as Grieder explained in an interview while in Cambridge promoting his book, “the question is whether people today have the sort of core courage and dedication to take on the big boys and stay with it as long...