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...Taken together, the administration’s actions have raised questions as to whose interests are being served by recent College policies, sparking a debate as to whether they were designed to protect the lives of students or the liability of the University...

Author: By S. JESSE Zwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Game Over? | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

Last Tuesday was supposed to be a triumphant day for journalists. After years of advocating for a federal “shield” law that would protect journalists from revealing confidential sources to the government in many situations, the House passed just such a bill by the staggering margin of 398 to 21. And just a few weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly sent similar legislation to the Senate floor. Although the White House opposes the legislation, it seems that the votes to override a veto are in place. Many journalists, however, are far from satisfied with...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Shield College Journalists, Too | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...various Christian forces sailed from Europe to fight the resident Muslims for control of the biblical Holy Land. After the first Crusaders took Jerusalem in 1096, European pilgrims began streaming into the city, and 23 years later, two veterans of the Crusade founded an order of monastic knights to protect the travelers. They were allotted a headquarters in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, viewed by Jews and many Christians as the site of the Temple of Solomon - hence the new group's name. Initially modest (its coat of arms was two knights on one horse because that was all they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vatican and the Knights Templar | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

That's a cause Rahall has been trying to set in motion for 20 years. The House Natural Resources Committee made its final amendments today, and the bill is now on its way to the House for a vote. If passed intact, Rahall's bill would better protect wildlife and water sources from mining threats, in addition to requiring mining companies to pay royalties on metals mined on federal lands. Perhaps in this current eco-conscious era, the bill may finally get the green light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Gold Miners Pay | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

...killed Lucky Dube." On Monday, police announced they had arrested five people in connection with Dube's murder, and the country's newspapers pointed out the irony in his tragic death. In his eerily prescient 2001 song "Crime and Corruption," Dube demanded that the post-apartheid government protect its people from the surging crime wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind South Africa's Reggae Murder | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

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