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...Stem Cell Institute. The Institute will be located across from Charlesview on Western Ave.But as Harvard and Boston officials relentlessly promote the economic benefits the University will bring to the area—1,000 new jobs at the science center alone—it is easy to overlook the people being pushed aside to make way for Harvard’s vision. Redeveloping the area while preserving its affordability and character will be a tricky balancing act.‘I’VE NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE’Thomas Harper, 20, is the third generation...
...that two Harvard professors—Alan M. Dershowitz, Frankfurter Professor of Law, and Juliette Kayyem, a lecturer in Public Policy at the JFK School, have advocated the legalization of torture in the United States. Roth said that they might have the best intentions in mind, but that they overlook crucial problems in their proposal. Instead of focusing on torturing terrorists to make them talk, the United States should fight terrorism by combatting active terrorists, deterring “would-be terrorists,” and punishing those who have already commited terrorists acts, Roth said. Roth said that most...
...Meanwhile, gay-rights activists say Jamaican police often overlook evidence in anti-gay hate crimes, such as the alleged assault by Banton in 2004. His accuser, Brian, says cops excised Banton's role from their reports of the 2004 beating. A police spokesman denies that. But in dismissing the case earlier this year, the judge in the trial warned Banton to avoid violence and "seek legal recourses" when he has complaints against gays in the future. Banton refused TIME's request for an interview. His manager, Donovan Germain, insists that the singer is innocent and that "Buju's lyrics...
...bird's nest high up in a poplar next to the mineral spring supposed to supply the lake. "He even takes pictures of that," marveled one official when Yu was out of earshot. Driving through town Yu passed a cluster of empty villas, waiting for the lakeside they'd overlook. Nearby, on a fenced-off piece of grass grazed an elephant and a giraffe, both made of plaster...
...meanwhile, will profit from improved and expanded central resources in the Yard. And while there may well be something rotten in the state of things at Harvard—high-profile resignations and a stalled curricular review spring to mind—it’s important not to overlook the (small) victories for student life that too easily get lost in the ether. The College’s plans to renovate Hilles and reallocate student space in the Yard are promising, indeed...