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When he goes to England this coming fall to study at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, the biggest worry for Jay A.H. Butler ’06 will probably be whether he is on time for his flight. The recently announced international Rhodes Scholar from Bermuda admitted laughingly that he was a little bit late for his Rhodes Scholar interview in Bermuda over Thanksgiving break. But this senior’s tardiness did not faze the selection committee. Butler, a Bermuda native, was the only Harvard undergraduate to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship this year. While Rhodes Scholars from...
...participating in bigoted acts like “heil-Hitlering” in front of Jewish students while at law school. This story has not been independently corroborated and the fact that major media outlets largely gave it little credence sadly demonstrates the waning influence of the great scholar. 6. Erin Brockovich baloney. The School of Public Health (SPH) may have damaged its reputation when it gave its most prestigious award to the famed environmental activist, despite an outcry from scientists that her famous lawsuits were not backed by sound research. In acknowledging the controversy surrounding her receipt, SPH Dean...
...said. “It’s difficult to get that information in disaster situations in general, but more so in this situation because of the massive physical dislocation of people.”Benjamin F. Springgate, a fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a collaborator on the study, agreed with Kessler. Springgate said the study would help public officials “make the decisions that will allow the population to come back if they choose to, and allow us to plan a community and a healthcare...
Harvard constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe ’62 said he will “probably not” make a recommendation either for or against Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s confirmation later this week when the professor testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee...
...this the man of the memos, whose paper trail includes provocative passages against abortion and in favor of Executive power that have given Democrats and liberal interest groups the ammunition to portray him as a dangerous activist? Or would the high court be getting the more opaque and reserved scholar described by friends and co-workers and suggested by some of his later work...