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Harvard Square is often jokingly referred to as the epicenter of the “People’s Republic of Cambridge,” and this distinguished political leaning was on full display today as a group of 40 students and community members rallied for abortion rights in front of the Harvard T-stop...
...transcend the Constitution of the United States?' And he said, 'Yes,' " a classmate told TIME on Monday. "We asked him if homicidal bombers were rewarded for their acts with 72 virgins in heaven and he responded, 'I've done the research - yes.' Those are comments he made in front of the class." But such statements apparently didn't trigger an inquiry. "I was astounded and went to multiple faculty and asked why he was even in the Army," the officer said. "Political correctness squelched any opportunity to confront...
...from the Tigers, as the Crimson was outshot, 14-8, in the final frame. With Richter sent to the bench in the final minutes, the Crimson capitalized on its man advantage when freshman forward Louis LeBlanc passed the puck to an open Michael Biega, who was sitting directly in front of Princeton goaltender Zane Kalemba...
...Ndesandjo is turning heads. Since holding a press conference for his semiautobiographical Nairobi to Shenzhen: A Novel of Love in the East on Nov. 4, Ndesandjo, a half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has appeared on television in Hong Kong, and his picture has been splashed on the front pages of China Daily, the South China Morning Post and other regional newspapers...
...union activist's picket sign? Has the Great Recession of 2008-09 effectively sapped all the energy from Europe's post-1989 wave of economic neoliberalism? "Quite clearly, the state is back," notes Iain Begg, a professor of European political economy at the London School of Economics. "In front of the failures of the Anglo-American model, we are seeing a revival of Keynesian approaches to react to the crisis...