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...France [May 15]. Clearly the cave and its irreplaceable paintings are still at grave risk. The French government must end its secretive handling of the cave, the crisis and attempted treatments. A truly international, independent group of scientists and experts in cave art and conservation should be allowed to monitor and report to the world on the cave and its health. Lascaux is not an heirloom of French or even Western culture. It is an expression of the earliest experience of being human. The Lascaux discovery in 1940 redefined what was previously known about human beings' creative development and ability...
...First, does the new White House chief of staff, Josh Bolten, understand the job? In this day and age, Treasury secretaries really have only one job: to monitor, regulate and above all reassure financial markets. A Treasury boss should above all be a horse whisperer, someone who quietly speaks to key people around the world about changes in our own economy, alerts them to trends in fiscal policy, and takes in information from key players in the private sector for use by policy makers in Washington. In essence, he's sort of a double agent in the house of finance...
Before last Friday, few if any students were aware of the Harvard University Police Department’s (HUPD) use of over 200 video cameras to monitor public areas on campus, including the Yard. While we applaud HUPD’s efforts to keep students safe, we are troubled by the secrecy surrounding video surveillance on campus. HUPD has a responsibility to discuss security with its constituents as long as that discussion does not jeopardize the goal of keeping students safe. HUPD maintains that these cameras are used to protect students from crime—and not to catch students...
...Officers can change the video feeds to monitor campus hot spots. This particular week in April is World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week, so Catalano said HUPD has focused on the animal facility, in case activists incite a protest...
...still old fashioned,” he said. “I still like to see campus police officers spend more time on foot, where they get to spend more time on campus. If you’ve got that many cameras, how many people do you need to monitor them? Suppose we had fewer cameras but more people out on the street...