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...organizations and community members at the university held a peaceful demonstration on the campus’s main quad in response to the cartoons, prompting the board of directors of Illini Media, the company which owns the newspaper, to suspend Gorton and Prochaska. Prochaska could not be reached for comment this weekend, but according to a Chronicle of Higher Education report, Prochaska was invited to return to the paper and refused. “If I go over the story one more time I might die,” wrote Prochaska in an e-mail to The Crimson last month...
...plans of the University to develop South Asian studies and as a department we are ready to do whatever needs to be done,” he said. University officials said they did not know what Summers was referring to in his interview, and his spokesman was unavailable for comment yesterday evening. During his visit, Summers is also scheduled to help launch a new Mumbai office of the Initiative. In a separate speech to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences yesterday, the outgoing president said the University “is beginning to take some steps?...
...direct flights between Taiwan and China as a catalyst for improved communication. Currently, planes flying between Taiwan and China are required to detour over Hong Kong, Ma said. Other audience members asked about Ma’s position on Taiwan independence, his thoughts on Taiwanese cultural identity, and his comment on Academy Award winner of Best Director Ang Lee being the “pride of Asia.” “He’s more candid than I thought,” said Yinliang He ’08. “I was also surprised that...
...will do the same thing again.” Although Purdy has not yet hired a lawyer, he said he will hire one if the need arises. Purdy claimed to have no knowledge of the rape accusations until he was contacted by the press two days ago for comment. “I don’t know who is accusing me,” he said. “I don’t know what the situation is.” About Hair’s employees came to Purdy’s defense when asked about...
...count of open and gross lewdness and one count of disorderly conduct. He was released without bail and ordered to return to court on April 3, said Jake M. Wark, spokesman for Boston’s District Attorney’s Office. Huston could not be reached for comment yesterday. —Staff writer Anna L. Tong can be reached at tong@fas.harvard.edu...