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Despite the gray skies and occasional downpours, 300 protestors bused out one late April Sunday to Southboro, the site of Harvard's Regional Primate Center. They spent the afternoon in a mock funeral procession--coffin and all--for the animals they said were poorly treated inside. The demonstration was timed specifically to coincide with similar protests in three other American cities and 10 other countries. But for Massachusetts highlighted a growing general public concern about scientific research, and increasing pressure for government to control...
While researchers secure some canines from dealers or breeding companies, "the majority of research [at Harvard] is with pound dogs." Dr. Richard F. Rodger, an assistant clinical veterinarian at Harvard's New England Regional Primate Research Center, said yesterday. The Southboro, Mass center buys about 2500 dogs from area pounds each year...
...approximately 20 researchers who work at the Primate Center in Southboro hold Medical School appointments and conduct research in a diverse array of fields, including infectious diseases, psychobiology, pathobiology, viral oncology and diseases of primates. The center is one of seven nationwide that are under the auspices...
Question 5 on the Massachusetts ballot was a proposed law that would have banned the private ownership of handguns. The main committee opposing it was Taxpayers Against Question 5, located at 11 Main Street in Southboro. The committee reported to the campaign finance office a total expenditure of roughly $105,000, including contributions from many local gun clubs and hunting associations, and a gift of $30,000 from the National Rifle Association in Washington, D.C. But it also reported receiving, in six installments, a total of $71,000 from a group called the Gun Owners Action League. Strangely enough...
...Harvard's few two-sport lettermen. In the past three years he has been awarded five varsity letters, three as a hockey forward and two as a lacrosse midfield man. Rosenberger has always been interested in athletics. Before coming to Harvard he attended St. Marks School in Southboro, where he was captain of the hockey and lacrosse teams. "Back then, sports was the big thing in my life," he said. His goal was to go to the best athletic university in the East...