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...recent articles “Sexual Assault in River House Reported Saturday” (Tuesday, February 24, 2009) and “Police Officers Swarm Mather” (Monday, February 23, 2009), regarding an ongoing sexual assault investigation, violated individuals’ personal rights and trampled efforts towards a civil, respectful community at Harvard. The choice to report the incident publicly should have been left to the discretion of the Harvard University Police Department. Indeed, HUPD has proven capable of protecting the community in the past, releasing warnings of potential safety threats, making resources readily available to students, and responding...
...Last summer, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association prohibited salespeople from treating doctors to meals and golf excursions and even banned the ubiquitous company-branded pens, mugs and notepads that clutter waiting rooms and reception desks. Just this week, federal officials revealed a newly aggressive plan to begin pursuing civil and criminal charges against doctors who accept kickbacks or demand speaking or consulting fees for prescribing drugs or medical devices...
...fair president takes to the pages of The New Republic this week to review a new book by James M. McPherson, the "dean of Civil War historians," she says. (A reassuring description. If she is going to take her hand off the the University's helm to pick up a pen, at least we know she can't do it without thinking about deans...
...invoked the birth of an almost holy union of artistic commitment among individuals with different predispositions and brought fortitude to the power of art to coalesce.President Drew Gilpin Faust was meant to read an excerpt from her book, “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” but, according to welcoming remarks, was indisposed. A substitute read Faust’s writings on the reality of war and the effect it has on American soldiers, transforming them into “different men... men required to deny, to numb basic human feelings...
...planning a political comeback? I don't have to come back politically, but I would like to do something that will help the people of Thailand. There must be a process under which I can come back. I want to come back to clear the chaos in Thailand, the civil war in Thailand. I want Thailand to be a peaceful country. If it's not necessary, then I will not run. But if it's necessary for the good of the country, then I'll do it. If [current Thai Prime Minister] Abhisit Vejjajiva can solve the problems...