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...elderly hauntings, maybe it’s best to visit Mt. Auburn with a friend. Less scary, but still interesting, is the memorial for Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first official African-American regiments to fight in the Civil War (as depicted in the film “Glory”). Shaw is actually buried in a mass grave near where he was killed at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, but his engraved stone depicts a Classical sparring-match of sorts. Other, simpler tombstones mark the graves of Dorothea Dix, social...
...Board reserves the right to act. “Students who violate the rules established by the faculty do face the possibility of action by the Ad Board,” Ellison writes in an e-mail. Harvard University Police Department spokesman Steven G. Catalano says that various civil, criminal, and College sanctions could be brought against an odious offender, but that the police are more concerned about safety than just busting kids. “Like all police forces, HUPD uses its professional judgment because each situation is unique,” Catalano writes in an e-mail...
...Firing up the base is one thing, however. The open question is how much that impact will be felt in key races around the country. In New Jersey, Democratic incumbent Bob Menendez and Republican Tom Kean, who are both against gay marriage but for civil unions, are in a virtual tie in a crucial contest, and a Kean victory would almost certainly mean Republicans retained control of the Senate. But a Rutgers-Eagleton poll in June found 50% of people in the state favored gay marriage, while 44% opposed. And New Jersey is heavily Democratic, so it?s hard...
...separate - but equal. In a sentence that will seem silly - and unjust - in 20 years, the court says this explicitly: ?We will not presume that a separate statutory scheme, which uses a title other than marriage, contravenes equal protection principles, so long as the rights and benefits of civil marriage are made equally available to same-sex couples.? The Plessy court couldn?t have said it better: separate railway cars for blacks are fine, as long as they are just as nice as the ones for whites. Don?t bother about that curtain between the black and white cars. ?Marriages...
...cause for celebration for Enron victims, and not just because of the prospect of him behind bars for a long, long time. A criminal forfeiture and restitution agreement was announced the same day - about $45 million will be dispersed by U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon to victims in pending civil lawsuits. Judge Sim Lake originally ordered a $5 million fine to be paid to the U.S. Government, but then changed his mind. "No fine - it will all go to the victims," he said. Seattle attorney Lynn Sarko, who represents employees in Enron retirement fund lawsuits, said in court that...