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...Dixon Osburn, the co-founder and executive director of SLDN, accepted the award on the organization’s behalf, saying that lifting the military’s ban would mark a milestone in gay rights reminiscent of the civil rights struggle...
...York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg denounced the party gridlock in the federal government, speaking at the Kennedy School of Government last Friday after accepting the Pathfinder Award for public leadership. Bloomberg said that Washington is “dysfunctional” and too preoccupied with “what their little constituency wants.” The mayor was especially critical of Washington’s treatment of issues surrounding education, saying that the national government is “all talk” but no action. “Children are so far down the list when decisions...
...event marked the second time Lambda has given its leadership award to a group battling the military’s prohibition on openly gay servicemembers. Last year, the group recognized Boston College Law School professor Kent Greenfield, the founder of a coalition of law schools that challenged the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment. The law requires universities to grant the military access to their campuses in order to receive federal funds...
...sixth-ranked Crmison with the Badgers, the tournament’s top seed, reflects the desire of the selection committee to avoid intra-conference matchups, as the coupling of Harvard with its logical opponent, No. 3 Dartmouth, would have been. Both teams boast two top-10 Patty Kazmaier Award finalists—senior co-captain and sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt for the Crimson, 2006 winner Sara Bauer and Meaghan Mikkelson for Wisconsin. The Badgers are directed by Mark Johnson, who moonlights as the coach of Chu and fellow Olympian Caitlin Cahow on the U.S. National Team. Wisconsin, despite its loft ranking...
...also considered a grants package for student groups and a position paper favoring UC advocacy on behalf of club sports, both of which passed with relative ease. The club sports bill aims to improve the transparency of the process used by the club sports office and FiCom to award funds to club teams, while “trying to make sure that there is not [a] high barrier of entry to club sports for students on financial aid,” according to Michael R. Ragalie ’09, a co-sponsor of the bill. Ragalie said there were...