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...days later, black students from Afro andthe Pan-African Liberation Committee take overMassachusetts Hall in protest of the University'sinvestment in Gulf Oil. The students object toGulf Oil's practices in Angola and refused torelinquish the building until Harvard sold itsinterests in Gulf...
...promotional program called "The Academic Cooperative," which maintains its own website on the Internet academicoop.isu.edu/Colleges/FacultySpeakers Program.html). The website, which runs on the University of Idaho's server, makes no overt mention of Microsoft, but the education-oriented promotional material for Microsoft makes the connection clear. While some scholars object--Sheldon Krimsky, a professor at Tufts University, who has been looking into corporate influence on scholarly journals, calls it "crass"--Microsoft contends that it is merely trying to be helpful. So far, only a handful of professors have taken the offer...
Being an atheist, I really could not care less whether Jesus was ever wrapped in this cloth, but I feel Pascal's words offer a simple philosophy for those in doubt about the authenticity of an object that is considered sacred. CARY J. COLABRESE Perugia, Italy...
While some scholars object -- Sheldon Krimsky, a professor at Tufts University who has been looking into corporate influence on scholarly journals, calls it "crass" -- Microsoft contends that it is merely trying to be helpful. So far, only a handful of professors have taken the offer...
...shroud is a centuries-old object of superstition long ago declared not to be authentic. It is hardly worth the ink you wasted on it. Stick with the facts and your credibility won't suffer. RICHARD L. CRAWFORD Columbia...