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...violated the policies of Durham Police Department in conducting a lineup, and ultimately pursued a case rife with holes and hearsay, an abject abuse of the district attorney’s fundamental task of pursuing justice and justice alone. The American legal system, convoluted though it may be, is bound at its axis to the idea of finding and reaching justice while taking into account the lives and livelihoods of both accuser and accused. The Duke lacrosse players who were named saw a raucous media circus form up around them, and their identities were made known around the world...
...Cozzens ’03, an actor who prefers to define himself as a person in search of artistic pursuits, moved to New York six months ago after trying his hand at Boston theater. Contrasting New York with Harvard, he points out, “Here, you are bound by typecasting. At Harvard, I played a 103-year-old man and older men and younger men.” According to Cozzens, the commercialism of New York theater combined with the sheer size of its community makes it drastically different from Harvard. “At Harvard, you have access...
...Chinese from his home province of Fujian alone have traveled from China to Britain in recent years. A coastal region with a booming middle class, Fujian produces a disproportionate number of China's overseas migrants. Back in the mid-1800s, Fujian released its first major wave of migrants, men bound for the Americas to build railroads, can fish and pan for gold. Other coolies, as they were known, headed for European colonies in Asia. Those who left have helped those who stay behind; today, Fujian's annual per-capita income of $1,300 is one of the highest among China...
April may indeed be the cruelest month. Families of college-bound students go hunting for financial aid at the height of tax season, and this year the money crunch is particularly vexing as headline after headline describes schools and lenders playing footsie over federal student loans. In an especially twinge-inducing bit of irony, at the same time that Columbia University is trying to help make higher education more accessible to low-income students--it's set to host a conference that addresses the topic this month--word broke that a financial-aid officer at the school, as well...
...year. I couldn’t imagine a more embarrassing and frightening consequence than being forced to leave my life at Harvard.Though one of my professors arranged a way for me to pass with extra work, I had done irreparable damage in my other class and was bound for a failing grade and potential administrative action. My freshman dean e-mailed me that if I wanted the best chance in front of the Ad Board, then I should have a professional vouch for me with “an assessment of the effect your issues had on your ability...