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...Boston-based company, housing is a fundamental need. Asking these students to find temporary housing elsewhere because their activities are not explicitly tied to the College would be unreasonable—not only because it disproportionately affects students with fewer financial resources, but also because it runs counter to the original aim of the “January Experience...
...woman!" a group of nearly 1,000 Afghan men and women surrounded protesters at a rally against the Shi'ite personal status law. Human-rights groups say the controversial legislation, approved in March, effectively sanctions marital rape and regulates when women may leave their homes. Some counter-demonstrators began throwing stones before police intervened. Though President Hamid Karzai has agreed to review the law, Mohammad Asif Mohseni, the country's top Shi'ite cleric, accused U.N. and U.S. critics of "cultural invasion." Meanwhile, on April 12, leading female politician Sitara Achakzai was assassinated in Kandahar, allegedly by Taliban gunmen...
...most popular flavor so far? “Definitely the red velvet,” confirmed the beaming lady behind the counter...
...Allen Counter, a Harvard Medical School professor and the director of the Harvard Foundation, was stopped by police while walking through the Yard. A black high school student was confronted by HUPD officers when trying to remove a lock from his bike...
...frame.The Big Green managed to score three more times—twice in the third inning and once in the sixth—to augment its lead. Brown pitched the final four innings for the Crimson, allowing just two hits and one run in her attempt to counter Dartmouth’s momentum. “I really went in there thinking that I was pitching for the team,” Brown said. “We needed to hold them scoreless so that we could come back and score. ”Brown was able to inspire...