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...current charge against Bardot was lodged by the Movement Against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP), citing a letter Bardot wrote to French officials in 2004 in which she alluded to Muslims as "this population that leads us around by the nose, [and] which destroys our country." The former actress-turned-animal rights crusader had written that letter to protest the ritual slaughter of sheep during the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Kabir. Her missive, whose contents were later leaked to the media, had been sent to then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, whose rising popularity was based in part...
...beer advertising that can be shown during a game—a cap that was exceeded in at least one of this past year’s games. In response to this, University President Drew G. Faust, along with over 100 other university presidents and athletic directors wrote a letter condemning the NCAA for allegedly promoting irresponsible or underage drinking through its advertisements, and recommending that the tournament eliminate all alcohol advertising. While we understand the sentiment, getting rid of beer ads is the wrong move. By airing the ads, the NCAA is not encouraging underage or binge drinking?...
...years after their release, and 10 years after release for misdemeanors. It is no wonder that, in a study conducted by the Federal Bureau of Justice, 67.5 percent of released prisoners are rearrested for a new crime within three years of release. The CORI effectively serves as a scarlet letter on job applications: inviting censure and exclusion, regardless of the offender’s contrition or rehabilitation. The CORI reform bill currently up for debate in the Massachusetts legislature, proposes to change all of this. The reforms set forth by Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 include sealing...
...March 21 Max, a student at Bunker Hill Community College, received a letter from Harvard explaining, with regret, their decision to postpone transfer applications. Presumably the decision not to admit transfer students this spring was the result of much deliberation, but not enough consideration was given to the consequences of finding out so late in the year. Max’s story is exceptional in many ways; his frustration and confusion at Harvard’s belated policy change is demonstrative of the degree to which this decision requires further review and explanation...
...whether his words will amount to a mea culpa similar to those pronounced by John Paul II back in 2000 for the sins of the Church over past centuries, including persecution of Jews and heretics. Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, who heads the Vatican office for the clergy, sent a letter to bishops around the world in January, urging special prayer sessions for the victims of sexual abuse by priests...