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...confidence, which, one must remember, represented the opinion of about two-sevenths of the 703-strong Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which is itself only one of several faculties of this University, Summers tried to address his critics’ concerns. The second motion of no confidence was a set-up that showed that nothing would do. It’s plain his enemies were out for blood. And at this point, let’s lose the goose metaphor. This was an academic 9/11, this was an act of spiritual assassination, an assault on free speech, intellectual inquiry...
...tactic” of “oppression” that prevents the formation of a feminist coalition. Schuetz was the only RUS member sitting among ABHW members on one side of the table. RUS members sat together on the opposite side. Despite the divided set-up of the discussion, the meeting concluded with a promise of further collaboration. “I hope this isn’t going to be the first meeting that we have,” RUS chair Dara F. Goodman ’07 said. Both groups expressed interest in co-hosting a conference...
...check into the BU bench six minutes into the second frame. Although MacDonald appeared unfazed, the Terriers’ aggressive play throughout the period did seem to crack the Harvard psyche.A potential scoring opportunity for the Crimson never materialized when junior defenseman Dylan Reese was unable to handle a set-up pass in the middle of the Boston University zone with just over eight minutes to go in the period. What did materialize, however, was a power-play goal from Terrier Brad Zancanaro after a Pelle penalty for hooking 52 seconds earlier. The goal made the score...
...undergraduates is already tight.Most Tulane freshmen were housed in Yard and Union dorms with other freshmen, but older Tulane students lived with one another in Apley Court and Claverly Hall, residences that had been partially vacated due to construction noise from the Hasty Pudding Theater renovations.Despite the housing set-up, many of the Tulane veterans say they were impressed by the sense of community that Harvard’s House system seemed to foster.Hattier says that she has made most of her Harvard friends by eating in the Lowell House dining hall.“At Tulane I hated going...
...cold is already taking a toll, as hundreds of enfeebled men, women and children flock to medical camps each day complaining of chest colds, flu and other seasonal ailments. "The quake destroyed the entire private set-up of village doctors and paramedics," says Faisal Edhi, trustee of Karachi-based NGO the Edhi Foundation. "There is a shortage of doctors and nurses, so people now have to travel far to get to the doctors in makeshift medical camps." Because people have no money for fuel, they can't cook meals, adds Rana Khurshid Amed, a Neelum Valley forestry official, "so they...