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...clear from the reports that Cheney and Willeford had walked ahead to a second covey of quail, leaving Whittington behind to collect two quail he had just hit. "Mr. Cheney told me the sun was setting to the west when the dogs had located a covey. Around the same time, Oscar Medellin notified the hunters he had also located a covey. After the group shot at the first covey, he and Pamela Willeford proceeded to the second covey because Harry Whittington had walked approximately 100 yards from the first location," the report says. It?s unclear from the report...
...National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter compared the Cambridge public schools to an “apartheid educational system,” concerns continue to overshadow a new benchmarking initiative aimed at closing the achievement gap between minority and white students. The new initiative would collect data on student performance from standardized tests in an effort to identify gaps across subject areas. According to Cambridge public school administration officials, the new benchmarking system is necessary to raise the level of achievement of Cambridge students and give the district the information it needs to address educational disparities...
Winthrop House Committee’s “BauchCom.” As in years past, dance-goers will be given “Bauch Bucks,” which can be used to make “propositions” to other partyers. The goal is to collect as many Bauch Bucks as possible. According to the website created to promote the dance, www.winthropdebauchery.com, there will be many ‘props’ available at the party to aid with the propositioning, such as whipped cream, jello shots, and chocolate. The website suggests that students...
...joined with a group at Oxford University to launch StopBadware.org, a site that aims to eliminate spyware and other performance-inhibiting programs. “Badware,” according to the website, is a broad category that encompasses adware, spyware, and other malicious programs. The site will collect individuals’ stories of their battles with the electronic nemesis. “We hope this will be a neighborhood watch of badware,” said Executive Director of the Berkman Center John G. Palfrey, Jr., who is co-directing the project. “Based on what...
...What did the U.S. collect in what it calls the terrorist surveillance program that it could not have collected had it obeyed the FISA procedures? Even Americans who had not heard of the FISA court three months ago now know that the government can start wiretapping someone tonight and still wait to ask the court for permission for another 72 hours. So what did it need that FISA wasn't permitting? The answer, most people believe, is about the law and goes to what the lawyers call the "triggers...