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...graduation night from Yale Divinity School, May 1980, I witnessed an example of racial profiling by Yale Police hauntingly similar to that endured by Professor Gates this year, only the unfortunate handcuff victim was neither famous nor in his own home. And unfortunately, the term ‘racial profiling” had not been coined...
...professor you’d like to meet: “No idea! A famous one! Maybe Diane Paulus!” “Niall Ferguson—the guy is a rock star.” “I’ve already semi-met him, but Howard Georgi. The beard is awe-inspiring...
...walk through her single), just pop open a bedroom window and climb out onto the wide roof. Bring out a chair while you’re at it; after a hard night out, you deserve it. Honorable Mention: Mather Big TV RoomThe Box That Dunster Came In may be famous for sacrificing its dining hall and its dignity once a year for Mather Lather, but the Big TV Room and its Friday night happy hours do a better job of legitimating Mather’s reputation as a party house. With a huge window opening out into the lower level...
...have the H1N1 ‘swine’ flu and do not have single bedrooms.” Isolate? Yes, these isolation chambers—as we’ve termed them—are a frightening concept. But maybe not so much once you start applying that famous Harvard egotism...
...gestures. And here's where the problem lies, says state American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) legal director Witold (Vic) Walczak: the middle finger and equivalent swear words are not legally obscene. In fact, courts have consistently ruled that foul language is a constitutionally protected form of expression. A famous 1971 Supreme Court case upheld the right of a young man to enter the Los Angeles County Court House wearing a jacket emblazoned with the words "F___ the Draft." (Read about how disorderly conduct is often a cop's call...