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...University offers General Colin L. Powell an honorary degree and the privilege of speaking at Commencement. Many people oppose this because of Powell's stand on the rights of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals in the military. Some of us feel, as a matter of conscience, that Harvard should not honor a proponent of violence. Powell, by virtue of his career in the military, embodies the ethic that violence is a viable approach to conflict resolution. Powell conducted a war which directly resulted in the deaths of 100,000 people and which subsequently caused another 150,000 deaths...
...University traditionally honors those whose actions and values Harvard deems worthy of emulation. By choosing Powell, Harvard not only condones but also encourages the acceptance of violence. We are ashamed that Harvard has chosen to honor Powell's achievements. To honor Powell is to honor the institutionalizing of killing. Our university occupies a unique position of leadership in our society and should have found a speaker whose actions affirm a respect for human life. Through its choice, Harvard has reinforced the societal tendency to valorize military institutions and has denied the importance of searching for peaceful solutions...
Even if one does not subscribe to the tenets of pacifism, it is fundamentally paradoxical to claim the military should only be used in dire situations and then to honor rather than lament its use. In response to these issues, some of us will wear white armbands to Commencement as a symbol of our advocacy of nonviolence and disappointment in Harvard's choice of speaker. Rebecca Goldin '93 Jessica T. Pisano...
...efficient. Congress said the firms should be encouraged to do so even if it meant that orders could be "executed without the participation of a dealer." The securities group unveiled its small-order system with great fanfare a decade later. But it was not until many marketmakers failed to honor their quoted prices in the Crash of 1987 that the group ordered all members to use the automated system...
...testimony listed under the heading "State's Evidence" is a single page of defense material -- a standard motion for acquittal on the grounds that the state had not proved its case. Bobby was so uncommunicative that his public defender, Joseph Warzycki, complained about it in open court. "Your honor," said the lawyer, "I would like the record to indicate at this time that . . . Mr. Shaw has not seen fit to decide to make any statement to me regarding the circumstances of the case." The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. On March 21, 1977, Bobby was sentenced...