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...many people think it doesn’t happen.” But it does happen. “Saturday Night” sets out to prove that sexual assault needs to be addressed on a much larger scale. The concept behind the publication originated at Duke University back in 2003. For Harvard’s spin on the idea, editors teamed up with the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR), and Saturday Night includes resource materials on the final pages. While each anonymous submission takes a unique approach to this touchy subject, reading the magazine from cover...
Last week, the Duke rape case came to a close when Attorney General of North Carolina Roy Cooper announced that there had been inconclusive evidence in the case, and therefore he believed the accused were innocent. For the three vindicated student-athletes at the center of the case, the announcement marked the end of a 13-month saga, which began in March of 2006, when they were accused of raping a stripper at a party held by their lacrosse team. The accuser, a stripper named Crystal Magnum who had been hired to perform at the party, alleged that...
...That the case has come to a close is an overdue ending to a disastrous set of events. For the three young men who were accused, significant damage has already been done. All three have had to take a leave of absence from Duke, losing a year of playing NCAA lacrosse and a year of attending college. Their families have incurred huge legal fees and public humiliation. Many people following the case have assumed that the three are rapists, a label that even now will be hard to shed...
...times, the caricatures did not quite work. The actors occasionally seemed to take it too seriously. Undine’s supposedly Spanish hubby (Duke) had mannerisms that were successfully affected, but his (Spanish? French? Italian? Made-up?) accent was incomprehensible. Nonetheless, other roles, such as those played by Jennifer C. Sullivan ’09, were out of this world...
...real deal.” He was offered the job on Monday and accepted on Wednesday. Scalise also said Amaker has signed a five-year contract. “Tommy will be fantastic for Harvard, and Harvard will be fantastic for Tommy,” Scalise quoted from Duke coach and Amaker mentor Mike Krzyzewski. Amaker is currently the only African-American head coach among Harvard’s 32 head coaches. The lack of minorities had drawn criticism from the Boston Globe and CBS SportsLine.com, among others, but both Scalise and Amaker denied that race played a role...