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Matthew P. Downer ’07, president of the Harvard Republican Club and co-founder of the recently-formed Students for Larry, has emerged as a quasi-celebrity in the media maelstorm over the past several days. He said he had been giving “constant interviews” to reporters from an array of news outlets—including CNN’s William Schneider, a former associate professor of government at Harvard. Downer said his grandmother in St. Louis is keeping tapes of his television appearances—but his mentions in the media are becoming...
...strongly believe that academic freedom should be preserved,” said Matthew P. Downer ‘07, one of the group’s founders. “We support scientific inquiry whether or not it’s politically correct...
...Some Australian government ministers asserted that there was no indication that Australians had been specifically targeted. But Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said: "The vehicle was clearly directed toward the apartment block ... which is adjacent to the embassy ... So they were aiming at our embassy." In fact, an attack like last week's was all but inevitable. Australian soldiers and military intelligence officers have been aware for some time that insurgent reconnaissance teams were casing the two-story embassy. Throughout last year, mortars and rockets were intermittently fired into the area around the embassy and the hotel opposite; the insurgents...
Sometimes it can be a total, like, downer to be a superfamous millionaire college kid with your own clothing line. New York University frosh MARY-KATE and ASHLEY OLSEN were probably looking forward to their inaugural protest march--but not to having it directed at them. The National Labor Committee took the twins to task over maternity leave-- or, rather, the lack of it--for the women in Bangladesh who sew their Wal-Mart clothing line. The school newspaper suggested the student government censure the celebs, and a march was organized. When presented with a pledge guaranteeing pregnant women time...
...We’re going to have a great year, and I’m excited about it,” Downer said...