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...believes, she said, that the Law School retains many characteristics from when she was a student, but that the classes are smaller than they used to be and “the students are nicer to each other these days...

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Historian Named to Three Positions | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

...editing error, an earlier version of the May 3 news article "Historian Named to Three Positions" incorrectly stated that historian Annette Gordon-Reed is currently a professor at New York University Law School. In fact, she is a professor at New York Law School, and currently teaches at NYU Law School as a visiting professor...

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Historian Named to Three Positions | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

...about politics or religion, this is the exception rather than the rule. We’re more likely to talk about how much work we have, what the weather is like, or what dance is coming up this weekend than we are about Adam Smith or the Arizona immigration law. Still, what I’ve ultimately come to realize is that although casual conversation is not usually centered on larger-than-life subjects, such discussions do happen around campus. That we may use more formal venues to talk about more formally intellectual subjects is understandable...

Author: By Fabiola Vega | Title: Smart Talk | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

...French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s proposal to outlaw the wearing of the burqa in public places. His suggestion seems serious, since Belgium moved one step closer to passing a similar bill last Thursday, and comparable debates are occurring in Italy and the Netherlands. Supporters argue that the law would defend women’s freedom and help ensure safety on public transit. However, we oppose the bill soon-to-be under consideration in France as an unjust and unjustifiable measure...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Matter of Choice | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

...which is simply untrue. Like all personal choices, women decide to don this attire for many reasons—some good and some bad, some based on coercion and some on freedom. To tar all burqas with the brush of oppression is condescending and inaccurate. Furthermore, the law itself is clearly coercive. It places specific limits on how women may dress, and enforces these restrictions with the power of the state. The plan to free women from private mandates enforcing one set of clothing standards with a public mandate enforcing the opposite set is logically inconsistent. Although the proposed bill...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Matter of Choice | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

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