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...MINUTEMAN BRAWL at Columbia on Wednesday night gathered even more steam over the weekend, with Fox News taking on the protest as a cause célèbre and President Lee Bollinger attempting to stem the fallout. For those following this story closely (catch up here, if not), there's some new must-see video...
...behavior. Musical concerts are banned, and men and women are segregated in the dining halls. Many female students attend class wearing headscarves that cover everything but their eyes. This fall, when the university's administrators tried to introduce a program in musicology and performing arts, the campus erupted in protest. "Pakistan is an Islamic country, and our institutions must reflect that," says Umair Idrees, a master's degree student and secretary-general of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (I.J.T.), the biggest student group on campus. "The formation of these departments is an attack on Islam and a betrayal of Pakistan. They...
Members of Harvard Law School (HLS) Advocates for Human Rights held a mock funeral outside of Harkness Commons yesterday afternoon to protest what they saw as the unconstitutionality of a bill authorizing military tribunals to try Guantanamo detainees, passed by the House and Senate last week. Some donned placards with names of congressmen who supported the bill and the words “Vote for Torture 2006.” Some wore black bags over their heads. Micheal Jones, a staff member of the HLS Human Rights Program, read a eulogy that began “today we mourn...
...Spec also runs several opinion pieces on the matter. Their staff editorial derides "mob-rule activism." A student calls the protest a threat to free speech. Another, defending the protest, notes that there was violence on both sides. Another rates the riot as a 6, between 1 and 10. And there are letters...
...Sprague and his roommates’ consternation over an impromptu hockey match held in McKinney’s Mower Hall suite, where a crushed beer can served as the puck and the fireplace as the goal. “They ascended to the third floor as a group to protest the noise,” McKinney wrote in an e-mail.As an upperclassman, Sprague found solace in the company of other young Republicans, McKinney said.“He flaunted the Republican lifestyle and even went so far as to work openly for Republican causes,” McKinney wrote...