Word: prohibitions
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...DoC’s summary of the proposal, was intended to prevent researchers from hiding their political loyalties behind a new citizenship. Summers called this requirement “neither reasonable nor permissible” and said that Harvard does not collect this information because of federal laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of national origin...
Much has been made about a supposed “contract” made between Harvard University and the New Orleans universities (Tulane and Loyola University New Orleans) from which it accepted students, which some claim obliges Harvard to prohibit visiting students from staying in Cambridge next term. Fortunately, there was no such public announcement, and Harvard has no normative obligation to satisfy the interests of Tulane or Loyola. On the contrary, out of a sense of compassion and sympathy, Harvard ought to give visiting students an opportunity to transfer mid-year, even though visiting Harvard students are ordinarily barred...
...Staff argues that the policy of groups such as the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF) and its sister group, Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF), which demands that officers agree to a “statement of faith,” is a violation of UC bylaws that prohibit “discrimination” on the basis of factors such as race, gender, religion, and political affiliation. The UC agrees, but recently suspended its rules so that the AACF could continue to receive funding on a per-case basis, citing the right of the group to exist...
...brand that is widely distributed at Harvard. Airs’ contention that LifeStyles condoms break more easily than other condom brands is demonstrably false. All condoms are subjected to rigorous tests before they are distributed to the public. If a brand of condom breaks too often, federal safety regulations prohibit its sale. Kelli Ballinger, head of the Community Health Initiative at University Health Services (UHS), said in an email, “We have made several calls and looked at all forms of literature (in the past and today), with no indication as to any reason why LifeStyles should...
...Game party plans for the upcoming Harvard-Yale weekend—traditionally known as much for its festivities as for its football—to comply with Yale’s recently imposed regulations. The new restrictions will ban on-campus gatherings of more than 20 people and will prohibit tailgating after the game’s third quarter. Before the announcement of the new restrictions, Yale senior Mike L. Dunham, who lives in the party suite known as the “Sextet” in Jonathan Edwards College, said he and his roommates had discussed throwing parties...