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...security adviser, isn't sure. "To the degree a democracy is present, anything you say can, and will, be held against you by political opponents. If you admit a mistake now, it's like putting a cut finger in a shark tank." Therefore, says Lake, who now teaches at Georgetown University, "it is extremely important, whatever a government might say in public, that it can see the situation clearly in private...
While other top universities are backing a new initiative intended to ensure that products bearing their school insignias aren’t produced under sweatshop-like conditions, Harvard is withholding its support for the effort.Although 33 schools—including Brandeis, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, the University of Michigan, and 10 University of California campuses—have endorsed the year-old initiative, Harvard says it needs more time to make a decision on the issue.Harvard is already a member of the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), a group of over 150 schools that monitors university-licensed apparel companies and their...
...Lions are off to a roaring 2-0 start, albeit against doormats Fordham and Georgetown, with Norries Wilson at the helm. Against the Hoyas last Saturday, Hormann took care of the football, attempting 25 passes without a pick, as Columbia took a 20-0 lead in the third quarter in an eventual 23-20 win. An added boon, kicker Jon Rocholl connected twice from long distance, making 41- and 45-yard field goals...
...given speeches around the world. She keeps an office at the court and lunches occasionally with her ex-colleagues. Exercising her prerogative as a senior jurist, she will sit briefly on the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal next month. She'll also co-chair a conference at Georgetown this week on judicial autonomy. The Founding Fathers "were so clear that ... an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation," she says. That independence is threatened by proposals to rein in the courts and cut budgets "to punish them for things legislators don't like," she says...
...Crimson’s success against the run this year has been aided by the fact that, once Harvard jumps out to a lead, it forces opponents to alter their game plan. Despite a running back-by-committee system that picked up 207 yards on the ground against Georgetown in Week One, the Bears carried the ball 16 times fewer against the Crimson.Not surprisingly, that means they threw 14 more passes—not the winning formula for DiGiacomo and the passing game.“We didn’t even try [to establish the run], to be honest...