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Held annually in Portsmouth, Va., the 12-game showcase provides 64 invited college seniors—most of whom are not projected as first-round draft picks—the opportunity to be evaluated by professional scouts...
Korn responded to questions regarding the current draft of the new policy, formulated by a committee chaired by Korn over the last year...
English Department Chair James T. Engell ’73—who acknowledged that members of his humanities department were “relatively innocent of many of these financial conflicts of interest”—expressed concern that the wording of the draft was imprecise and left much room for interpretation...
...Belgium gave an answer Wednesday when parliamentarians backed a draft law that would ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa in public places. The Justice and Home Affairs Committee voted unanimously to endorse the move, which must now be approved by parliament for it to become law. Such a vote is expected by the end of April, which would make Belgium the first European country to implement a ban. Because of the support for the measure among all the main political parties, it is likely to pass. (See a story about Europe's "veil wars...
...draft law would make it illegal to wear clothing that covers all or part of the face, which would also include the facial veil known as the niqab. Defying the rule could lead to nominal fines of $20 to $35 or possible imprisonment for up to seven days. Proponents say they're targeting the burqa not because of its religious symbolism or even because it is widely seen in the West as a sign of male oppression, but rather for safety reasons: they say that people who hide their faces represent a security risk. In that light, the law also...