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...originally scheduled to receive the honor during Commencement last spring in a surprise announcement that came two weeks after the senator was diagnosed with the malignant brain tumor. Because his medical treatment prevented him from appearing at the ceremony, Faust chose to honor the lawmaker at the special event yesterday. The senator received his honorary degree in front of an audience that included Kerry, Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, and Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr., who received a standing ovation when he entered the theatre.Tickets to the event were originally distributed by invitation and through a lottery...
...last time that tournament was held, making Harvard the reigning basketball Beanpot champion.Harvard will have to wait a bit longer for a chance to defend the title. While it plays each Boston school, Boston College will only face the Crimson this year, knocking this unofficial event out of perfect harmony. Not that this will make Harvard’s basketball derbies any less exciting.“Anytime you can win games against local universities, local programs, some of your natural non-conference rivalries around this geographical area with so many schools, it’s a fun thing, it?...
...attending the inauguration should be eligible for make-up exams on the Sunday before the inauguration. It will be circulated to different administrators. “Through our efforts, we hope to convince the administration and professors to offer students wishing to either travel to Washington, D.C. for the event or watch this historic presidential inauguration live the option for a make-up examination,” Shah said last week in an e-mailed statement. “We do not want to reschedule exams for entire classes.” Professors do not have the authority to reschedule...
...because, in the words of China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, "the summit cannot be held in a sound atmosphere, nor can it achieve expected goals." The reason? The French President's plan to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on December 6 as part of an event honoring fellow Nobel peace prize winner Solidarity leader Lech Walesa in Poland.(See pictures of the Dalai Lama's decades of spiritual leadership...
...link in Europe by knuckling under to pressure when other nations push China back." The Chinese, Brisset says, "only respect those who stand up for themselves, which the British and Germans have done in their dealings with the Dalai Lama before, and even Poland - which is hosting the disputed event - is doing as well...