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...peaceful way. But President Bush’s latest round of harmful budget cuts took $65 million from the program, forcing it to cut the number of awarded positions by 55 percent, from 67,000 to 30,000. And in slashing funding for our nation’s premier volunteer service program, not only did Bush dash the college dreams of millions, but he also did long-term damage to the economy. Bush’s direct measure to decrease the number of students who can afford college will have a negative impact on America’s future productivity...
Civil disobedience can be an effective way to promote a just cause or just an unecessary nuisance. Either way, it usually gets punished. Harvard’s latest case—that of Meghan C. Howard ’04, who interrupted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s Dec. 11 speech at Harvard Business School—did promote a just cause. But since Howard faced the Ad Board yesterday, it seems she will still have to pay the price for her outcry...
Much has been made of the fact that Meghan C. Howard ’04 interrupted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his speech last month at Harvard Business School. After Wen mentioned the love he had for “[his] people,” Howard unfurled a Tibetan flag and declared, “Tibet belongs to the Tibetan people! We will never stop fighting!” She was escorted out by police and will face the Ad Board tomorrow...
...Suchde’s teammate, came close—he lost in the finals when he was 18 years old. The tournament—which is open to the top players in the world under the age of 19—is widely thought of as one of the premier tournaments in squash...
Harvard is an institution famed for its dedication to free speech—but at the moment it seems to be taking pointers from recent visitor Wen Jiabao, the premier of China, and the repressive policies his government champions. For the crime of protesting during Wen’s address at Harvard last month, I am currently facing disciplinary action from the Ad Board...