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...Similarly, the interest he has shown in potentially building undergraduate housing across the river blindsided a student body now routinely deprived of input in—or information about—such decisions. In fairness, Summers has not made permanent decisions about Allston yet. But it is difficult to dismiss Professor of German Peter J. Burgard’s concern, expressed to The Crimson after last week’s meeting, that “what we perceive as a fait accompli is being presented to us as if there’s a discussion...
Citing Bush's honorable discharge, military legal experts dismiss the two accusations as rhetoric. "No military lawyer would say what's being alleged here is either desertion or AWOL," says Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice. But Bush's Guard record is nevertheless emerging as a Rorschach test in the 2004 campaign. Supporters cite the record as evidence of the Commander in Chief's military background and skill: he did well on an officer-qualification test, won praise from fellow pilots for his flying prowess and received an honorable discharge. Opponents see it as a laundry...
...Madonna’s false conflation of middle age and the loss of femininity, the performance was a clever and timely send-up of the outdated “something borrowed, something blue” wedding clichés that even the Democratic nominees have been too cowardly to dismiss as part of a repressed, discriminatory past...
...long with his fingers in his ears. It has been well-publicized that Bush distrusts most media sources and instead receives his information from close (and biased) advisers. It is no wonder then that Bush remains so out of touch with reality—and so willing to dismiss the many critics who raise valid concerns domestically and abroad. With any luck, voters will send him a message that hits a lot harder than an electronic political Mad Lib this November...
...risking federal funding. NYU Law School and several other schools and faculties have formed the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), which has filed suit in federal court to challenge the Solomon Amendment. The suit raises substantial constitutional and statutory issues, and has already survived a motion to dismiss. Harvard has been warmly invited to join FAIR. Again, we ask President Summers to allow Harvard Law School to join FAIR, or to bring its own similar lawsuit challenging the presence of discriminatory recruiters on Harvard’s campus...