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...protester on then-University President Rudenstine: “He only agrees to meet with us to perpetuate the impression that he’s listening.” This year, Duke University took the Internet public relations model to another level. In the wake of the lacrosse scandal, the university set up a web page, linked off of duke.edu, that carries official statements about the alleged rape of a local woman by three undergraduate lacrosse players as well as links to often-unflattering news and opinion articles in the national press. Duke’s associate vice president...
...Making sure the donors were fully informed about their decision to donate was a priority for Harvard University's institutional review board, which took "more than two years of thoughtful, intensive review" before approving the studies, according to Harvard Provost Dr. Steven Hyman. Last year's scandal over the South Koreans' similar studies also weighed heavily on the board, and will continue to inform the researchers as their studies begin. "We certainly realize that all eyes [are] upon us," said Eggan. The approval process eventually involved four other institutes, including Boston IVF, where the egg donors will be recruited, Children...
...Warner, a former Marine and an ex-Navy Secretary, put Rumsfeld on notice that he expects the incident to "be addressed expeditiously" and that the Pentagon not drag its feet in airing the facts in the case as it did in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. "Congress and the American people are entitled to a timely disclosure of the official findings," the Virginia Republican wrote pointedly in his letter. "Delays in getting out the official findings of fact due to a protracted review process will mean a mixture of information, misinformation and unconfirmed facts will continue to spiral...
...Democrats to attack Rumsfeld, the President and the war. By contrast, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter largely ducked any public probe of the prison abuses. But the courtly Warner seems willing to anger his GOP colleagues once more and shine a public spotlight on another Pentagon scandal...
...function, constituents intervened in support of a two-committee structure. Ultimately, the UC relented, CLC was scrapped, and next year students will elect just two representatives to serve their respective districts. It has been an exciting year for the UC. In the midst of more-than-the-usual waste, scandal, corruption, and self-absorption, the UC managed to carry out a number of important advocacy goals and structural reforms that will, we hope, make a positive difference to undergraduates next year. But an overabundance of internal politicking and overconcern for the intricate details of the Council?...