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While dining with warlords or speaking to a wounded rebel may not sound appealing to all, Nicholas D. Kristof ’82, a columnist at the New York Times, goes to great lengths to uncover the individual stories behind the news. When a group of thirty Harvard students visited Kristof in New York City on a trip hosted by Lowell House this past Monday, the discussion was comprised of anecdotes, both humorous and alarming...
...earlier version of the Nov. 17 news article "Gandy Speaks on Feminism" gave an incorrect name for the student group Queer Students and Allies. The group is not the Queer Students Association...
According to the Yale Daily News, Yale's admissions office received 5% fewer application for early admission, down to 5,265 from 5,556 last year...
After months of anticipation and a full-court marketing rollout, Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, finally goes on sale Nov. 17. If early reviews are any indication, the reminiscences of John McCain's former running mate promise to be as divisive as their author. Several news organizations got hold of the 413-page book - which landed Palin a reported $5 million advance - ahead of its release date; their assessments are decidedly mixed. Melanie Kirkpatrick, a former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, says the book reveals "a prodigious worker capable of mastering complicated issues," while...
...China. Harley Seyedin, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China, the organization that sponsored the charity event, has been a close friend of Ndesandjo's for the past six years but only learned of his friend's relationship with the President last year when reading news reports. "He's a very private person and he wanted to continue to live his modest lifestyle," says Seyedin. "But his primary message is raising awareness of domestic violence, and to get the message out, you have to go public." To underline this message, Ndesandjo has arranged...