Word: opinionizing
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...wariness. They worry when news like the debate over the Dubai Ports deal or the attack earlier this month by a Muslim student from Iran who, claiming it was "the will of Allah," drove into a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could turn campus opinion against them. "When they see the TV news, maybe they won't like Muslims, Saudis," says Hamad Almusai, 22. "But they don't know us." Still, any discomfort seems to dissipate as the students engage in that quintessential college activity: just hanging...
...resources. This decision, while legally sound, is nonetheless a great disappointment, as it will force Harvard Law School (HLS) to acquiesce to an employer’s willful violation of the school’s nondiscrimination policy or forgo over $400 million of federal funding annually. In his written opinion, Chief Justice John G. Roberts ’76 dismissed both the arguments made by the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR)—of which Harvard is not a part—and those offered in an amicus brief signed by more than forty HLS faculty. While...
...said that he is “not inclined to think” that Congress would use its powers “to make other impositions on Harvard or other schools that those schools might think objectionable.” He pointed out that in the written opinion, Roberts acknowledged that Congress’ power to raise armies is constrained by protections enshrined in the Bill of Rights.“[I]t is also important to keep in mind that Roberts’ opinion makes clear that the power to raise and support armies is limited by other provisions...
...Christianity plays in a university that is officially unaffiliated, Gomes says, “What annoys some people is that the symbols are still very evident...We have a divinity school, I’m the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals. The Christian identity cannot be, and in my opinion, should not be, eradicated. We founded the place, we’re here, and I’m grateful that we’re surrounded by other entities, but I don’t apologize for the fact that there’s a church in Harvard Yard...
...shouldn’t have drawn those cartoons. I think it was an enormous mistake for Larry Summers to draw those cartoons. First of all, he’s not that good at drawing. FM: … MANKOFF: Look, I think that whoever comes in, in my opinion, I’m sure will build on the magnificent foundation of this institution, to take it into the 21st century, and even beyond. I think what I want to say overall about it is that I don’t care. I’m pretty sure that?...