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...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...
...case in point is the anti-war movement at Harvard. Last spring, administrators made an abortive effort to prohibit students from gathering to protest recruitment. And they have even tried to regulate the content of political speech, with an associate dean recently telling organizers of today’s rally to “keep your gathering restricted...
...Harvard tailgate restrictions, Yale students may be eating their words in a few short weeks when the Game moves to their own newly-restricted territory. Last Monday, Yale College administrators announced that this year’s tailgate must end by the beginning of the third quarter and will prohibit drinking games and drinking paraphernalia. And we recently learned that Yale’s Council of Masters is barring room parties with more than 20 students in attendance on the night before the Game. Far from alleviating safety concerns, the restrictions simply prove that Yale is still lame...
...Even outside such areas, transnational crime has a way of slipping through cracks, not least because of inadequate and inconsistent laws. Turkey didn't prohibit human smuggling until recently, writes Na?m, while in the U.S. people-smugglers face a lighter penalty than those who carry marijuana across borders. International organizations often do no better: a U.N. convention on migrants' rights was drafted in 1978, signed in 1990 and went into effect in 2003?only to end up largely unenforced...