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Senator Charles E. Schumer ’71, D-N.Y., joined the co-ed arts and letters society Signet during his undergraduate years at Harvard, but he was never a final club member, Schumer spokesman Izzy Klein said yesterday...
Representative Anthony D. Weiner (D-N.Y.), wrote a letter to University President Lawrence H. Summers on Tuesday urging him to return the recent $20 million gift for Islamic Studies given by Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud. Weiner said in a press release issued Dec. 13 that American universities should not accept gifts from the Saudi royals, who “have a record of funding terrorist organizations.” “August institutions like Harvard University and Georgetown University should not accept funding from a family that bankrolls terrorist organizations...
...With his party gaining momentum following the election, Boisclair has his sights set on the Premiership of Quebec. Securing such a position would make the 39-year-old Montreal native the first openly gay official elected to head a state or provincial government in North America (Gov. Jim McGreevey, D-N.J., was outed while in office). The flashy and urbane Boisclair emerged onto Montreal’s political scene in 1989 at the age of 23, becoming the youngest person ever elected to the Quebec National Assembly. He rose to hold various cabinet-level positions during the 1990s. Boisclair...
Course materials are getting more expensive. Over the last two decades, a Government Accountability Office study found that textbook prices have risen at double the rate of inflation. The situation is so out-of-control that Senator Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced legislation to help defray some of the $898 a year on average that students shell out for textbooks...
...Charles E. Schumer ’71, D-N.Y., also asserted that Roberts had been “less than forthcoming” with the committee...