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...issues of acquaintance rape are undeniably complex. Often the cases pit the word of one party against the other, reaching a judgment in these cases isn't easy. But the solution isn't to assume that the present system--which discourages women from pressing cases--is optimal. At the least, the College needs a disciplinary board that is much more accessible to victims of sexual assault, staffed by administrators who are trained to deal with the subtleties of acquaintance rape cases...
...UNCERTAIN GRACE: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SEBASTIAO SALGADO, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The first U.S. exhibition for the Brazilian-born Salgado, a onetime economist who took up photography to document life in developing nations. Whether in a Peruvian village, an open-pit gold mine in Brazil or a refugee camp in Ethiopia, Salgado sees not just hardship, though he sees a great deal of that, but also the immemorial underpinnings of life -- tradition, community and work -- that give suffering a meaning. Through...
...minions stood up and called Jim a pit bull," said McMillan. "A pit bull...
Harvard is constructing the pit on Plympton St. to comply with Massachusetts Water Resource Authorities regulations that forbid kitchen grease from entering the sewer lines...
Although construction on the grease pit has been delayed, it should be completed before residents arrive, according to Adams House Superintendent Hugh Joesph O'Conner...