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...state’s governor. Each day they passed a gauntlet of violent parents and students, and the nine students became symbols of the civil rights movement. Last night, LaNier and her fellow classmates guests of honor spoke before a crowd of more than 300 that included Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. It was a role she had never imagined. “I had no idea we would be honored in this great city of Boston, in this great state of Massachusetts,” she said. The Faneuil Hall...
...Deval L. Patrick ’78 officially endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday evening at an event on Boston Common that drew thousands. Although Patrick has close ties with the Clinton family, the governor told that crowd that he believed his “good friend” Obama was the best choice for America. “I don’t care whether the next president has had experience in the White House,” Patrick said. “I care whether he understands life in your house...
BOSTON—Bearing candles at the scene of a recent Roxbury shooting, the Harvard Black Students Association (BSA) called on Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 to take decisive action against urban violence in Boston. The event, which BSA President Sarah Lockridge-Steckel ’09 described as a cross between a vigil and a press conference, brought 25 Harvard undergraduates to a basketball court in Washington Park, Roxbury last night. Echoing an open letter she sent the governor last Friday, Lockridge-Steckel said Patrick has not done enough to fight crime in black communities...
...Deval L. Patrick ’78 told his fellow leader to “lean forward,” as Harvard had done with stem cell research, he said. Unfortunately, he called his alma mater’s newest chief, “President Gilpin...
...argument for reviewing the 2005 law. “We now have two years of experience living under the law,” Casey said. He added that the University plans to share data about the obstacles faced by Eggan and his colleagues with legislators and members of Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration...