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Erin Brockovich-Ellis, the iconic environmental activist who drew widespread attention to water contamination in a community in California, was honored with the Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH) most prestigious award yesterday, angering a lawyers’ group and others at the University who discredit the science behind Brockovich-Ellis’ activism.Brockovich-Ellis was a clerk at a law firm in Hinkley, Calif. when her investigations revealed that hundreds of people in a single neighborhood had been exposed to water contaminated with chromium-6, dumped there by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Brockovich convinced...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) and Harvard College Libraries (HCL) offered free food at midnight in honor of Lamont’s new 24-hour service, and more than 1,500 students came to the library Monday with hopes of finding Felipe’s and Finale amid the stacks, according to estimates from security guards...
...passion of the moment, it can be difficult to differentiate between literal language and fun in the name of sports. But these displays made a mockery of our traditions. In our culture, eagle feathers are sacred, and they are earned when an individual accomplishes a great and honorable deed. As with eagle feathers, our paint is worn by veterans and also in tribal ceremonies. When I saw what was happening at the game, I was filled with so much anger and hurt that I couldn’t hide it from my two nephews who were with...
...parents believed that there were two sources of magic in the world: religion and education,” Evans says. “I haven’t really practiced the first one but I think that I have the second.”Evans has been honored twice over the last few years for his achievements: with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ top prize for Administrative Service in 2002, and with the unveiling of his portrait in the Fogg Museum in May.INSPIRED BY EDUCATIONThe fourth of seven children, all of whom went to college, Evans credits...
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