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...continuously and consistently told everybody that we--by virtue of going public and taking the public's money--had a responsibility both fiduciary and otherwise to protect them and recognize value. In the case of EOP, somebody made us an offer that was higher than our own internal assessment of the value, and under that set of circumstances, I had an absolute obligation to respond, which I did. And what made EOP so unique is that it had such an extraordinary collection of what people refer to as trophy assets, and that drove the whole process...
...medical community has been trying to develop a vaccine against AIDS--and for more than a quarter-century, it has been disappointed. Earlier this year, it seemed that science had its best shot yet, with a large trial of a new vaccine that would use a novel strategy to protect the body against HIV. In September, however, the results were announced, and this vaccine too had failed. Its developer, Merck, has now released an analysis of the trial, and while the vaccine performed as poorly as reported, the reasons it failed provide insight into what might make it succeed next...
...against government cooperation. However, research cannot slow while policies are implemented. And if synbio is to soon unlock the promises that Venter and others have claimed it will, we need policy and oversight in place now and we need law enforcement agencies engaged now if we are to protect ourselves from the bad that may come with all of the potential good.James M. Wilsterman ’10, a Crimson editorial editor, lives in Lowell House...
...Harvard denies these modest forms of support in the name of the important principle of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. No Harvard money may support any organization that excludes homosexuals—even the US armed forces, which protect the freedoms we have to debate this dilemma. And so MIT gives our students the opportunity to defend us, while giving Harvard the opportunity to feel morally pure...
...ROTC students are trying to understand why the College has used Harvard’s money for equality of alcohol access, but not for buses to take them to MIT to learn to protect our freedoms. And why Harvard, which admirably does so much to support students’ freedom to choose their futures, does nothing to support their choice to serve our country...