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...Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) as part of the 2006 National Student Labor Week of Action. The hour-long protest was the first in SLAM’s semester-long “Right To Organize” campaign. In March, the group held a teach-in to inform students about alleged human rights abuses in Colombia and India by Coke. SLAM leader Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07 said SLAM was waiting to protest until the administration responded to a letter SLAM sent them asking for a meeting to discuss the University’s exclusive contracts...
...hate affair. But since Stephen Harper's Conservatives took control of Parliament Hill in January, the amorous part of the equation has been hard to discern. The friction edged up a level last Tuesday, when for the first time in years, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) failed to inform reporters about a full Cabinet meeting. Suspecting something was up, members of the parliamentary press corps staked out the Centre Block that morning to try to buttonhole ministers entering the building. Among them was CBC cameraman Victor Modderman, who spotted Harper's three-limousine motorcade cruising up the Parliament Hill...
...across France and Europe reprinted the cartoons in support of the freedom of the press. Four of those cartoons appeared in The Harvard Salient on Feb. 8. In the editor’s note that accompanied the cartoons, Gorton wrote that his decision to republish them was meant to inform readers. “By refusing to run the cartoons, Americans have no idea how ‘offensive’ they are. The ensuing death threats, riots, murders and laying siege to embassies, leave most of us confused and appalled,” he wrote. A coalition of more...
...percent and still more when we raised prices by 20 percent.” Richard B. Freeman, Ascherman professor of economics, said that the study was the most conclusive social labeling experiment done to date. Freeman has also done research on social labeling and its potential to inform consumers’ decisions. “Other social labeling experiments have yielded weak results, and this study builds on them to do the closest to a real lab type experiment we have, and the results are strong,” Freeman wrote in an e-mail. But ABC Carpet and Home...
...rights on the part of students need not lead to a more officious or calcified interaction between students and HUPD. During freshman orientation and every term when students register for courses, the College reminds students of the state’s alcohol policy, voting registration guidelines, and other important information. Such avenues should also be explored to inform students of their rights in potentially legally hazardous situations. When a student opens her door to find a HUPD officer intent on searching the room, she should be aware of her constitutional right to refuse in the absence of a warrant...