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...supporters chime in, “you bet.” At every Palmer event I’ve attended (about five), he references a New York Times article which labels his class, appropriately, “Idealism 101” and distributes a Christian Science Monitor expose that depicts him as a liberal ideologue in and outside the classroom. He was a featured speaker at Harvard’s large anti-war walkout last year, and at every opportunity he gets (from serving as the emcee of an a cappella concert to chatting with students he meets...
Palmer’s class, which has hosted such well-known figures as former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and MIT professor Noam Chomsky, has been featured in The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor but has also been accused of not providing a balanced view on political issues...
McGarr could easily be the tip of the iceberg. No regular, administrative monitor was able to catch the impropriety, and the University remains woefully oblivious to how many other companies are employing similar schemes to cut costs at workers’ expense—and in violation of University policies. Though fulfilling its commitment to pay a fair wage in this case is certainly a positive step, Harvard should be embarrassed that its own rules were skirted for so long...
...digital discs just like the old vinyl ones. Now Pioneer has introduced the DVJ-X1 ($3,299; pioneerprodj.com) the world's first DVD scratch-and-mix turntable. When you load up a DVD and start manipulating it--scratching just like a club DJ--the video on a TV monitor or projector reacts in perfect synch. Pioneer hopes the device will inspire a wave of DVD VJs to create new forms of visual entertainment. Imagine, at a dance club, looking up at a plasma screen over the VJ's head and seeing Al Pacino going "Say h-h-hello...
...east coast. But it wasn?t until late last year that a statewide snapshot survey revealed the full extent of the epidemic. Despite the Tasmanian devil?s iconic status and its key ecological role as a super-efficient scourer of the bush, requests for a program to monitor the species have been refused for more than a decade, says Mooney. ?If something isn?t endangered or threatened, no one wants to spend any money on it,? he says. ?A lot more fundamental monitoring used to be done - and without it, you get caught with your pants down.? Gordon Grigg, professor...