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...group has set up a bank account and has began gathering donations for humanitarian relief. Earlier, on Oct. 18, the State Department issued a warning about the country’s security. For Harvard students, the U.S. warning could spell a change in travel plans. Elizabeth S. Nowak ’10, who had planned to travel to Kenya over the summer, was forced to cancel her trip because she could not obtain funding through the Office of Career Services (OCS). According to OCS policy, travel in countries on the State Department’s list is not eligible...
Given what happened with Lisa Nowak, should astronauts be held to a higher standard? -Chad Miller, COLOGNE, GERMANYAstronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities. I think Nowak should be admired for traveling across the country at night and not getting out of her car to put in gas or go to the restroom. It is not excusable, but it is understandable for an achiever to fall into a trap...
After putting off a trip to Jamaica for a week so that he could give the lecture, Trivers said, he arrived in Cambridge on the day of the event and was told by Nowak only hours before he was due to speak that the date had been cancelled. A party, scheduled by PED to honor Trivers for his recent receipt of a prestigious scientific award, was also cancelled...
According to Trivers, when Nowak was pressed to reveal who had made the decision, the PED director said that he had been “sworn to secrecy.” Nowak did not respond to repeated phone and e-mail requests for comment...
...2007—After arriving on campus to deliver a talk and enjoy a party in his honor at the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED), Trivers is informed only hours in advance by PED Director Martin A. Nowak that both events have been cancelled. Trivers later states in an interview with The Crimson that he believes Dershowitz may have been involved in the cancellation of the event—a charge that Dershowitz denies...