Word: factualism
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...case against Facebook.com founder and former undergraduate Mark E. Zuckerberg, who in 2003 created a Web site that randomly paired pictures of undergraduates culled from House facebooks and let users vote which was more attractive. Hadfield’s site is in a completely different category. It simply mirrored factual content like announcements and syllabi from Harvard Web sites with the best interests of Harvard students in mind. If the administration’s concern is that only authorized users should access course material, it should work with CrimsonConnect.com to create an authentication process for users of that Web site...
...will say that in general, factual information is not something the University can restrict as a copyright thing,” said Jason Schultz, a staff attorney who specializes in intellectual property law at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “From a legal point of getting sued, factual information is one of the solid grounds you can have for republishing...
...time a correction ran on April 16, however, the editors had apparently come around. In addition to correcting what were clear factual errors, the 197-word “Editor’s Note” admitted that the article had unfairly portrayed Diversity and Distinction as a tottering group when it apparently is nothing of the sort...
...addition to this unacceptable form of emotional persuasion, the Picture Balata presentation contained factual errors. These were not merely “interpretive” differences; several of the statements were either clearly untrue or dubious. One such questionable statement was made in the introduction which claimed that “soldiers invade the camp four to five nights a week.” The 25,000 residents of Balata, a community established nearly 60 years ago, do not live in the desolate “camp” implied by the children. In actuality, they live in concrete...
...feel accepted. However, Holi also derives significance from other Hindu deities such as Shiva and Brahma, and mythical figures including Holika and the devotee Prahlad. The longstanding traditions of Sikhs and Jains further complicate the story of Holi. To reduce Holi’s significance to one deity is factually questionable, and risks misrepresenting this important holiday to those who may not be familiar with it. Furthermore, claiming the students celebrating Holi were emulating Krishna personalizes their relationship with the deities perhaps one degree too much. The students celebrating Holi last Saturday were not necessarily trying to emulate Hindu deities...