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...student group that openly discriminates in its elections of officers. The constitution of the AACF’s parent organization, the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, requires that officers “subscribe without reserve” to articles of Christian faith. The UC’s decision was a serious lapse in judgment; funding a group that has a constitutionally-enshrined discrimination policy sets a dangerous precedent for future grant applications.According to an e-mail from Lowell House UC representative Ali Zaidi ’08, who proposed the suspension, the UC should see no problem in funding a group...
...Serious warnings on high-risk medications are inconsistently heeded by doctors in ambulatory care settings, according to a study that a Harvard researcher published Friday...
BBW’s are the strongest warning labels, given to high-risk medications by the FDA. They are used to indicate drugs that are associated with what Wagner described as “special problems, particularly those that may lead to death or serious injury.” The warnings themselves are printed in a black frame in a package insert for the drugs. According to Wagner, these warnings are the FDA’s primary means of communicating risks to prescribers...
...where I have at least three times in a weekend found myself in rooms with all-white audiences—these pale dozens mulling over the endless tumult of the least-developed continent.It is all a good deal of fun. The playful banter of unrestrained whiteys who have a serious, but not vested, interest in Africa lends itself to chat that would be verboten continent-side. The portly President of Tanzania has, for instance, been an object of singular ridicule, being described alternately as “voluptuous” and “jolly-seeming...
...recently, Google proposed to scan several thousand books from the nation’s most prestigious institutions, including Harvard, to create a virtual library. Recalling his chat with the founders, Sidney Verba ’53, Carl H. Pforzheimer Uniersity Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library. had serious doubts over handling massive amounts of such delicate material: “I don’t know how to put this—I had the feeling they were smoking something,” he tells Vise. Undeterred, Google persevered. The company is in the process of transforming...