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...search for a speaker began in November, when the Class Day Committee, made up of class marshals and other seniors, drew up a long list of celebrities and asked each of their classmates to vote for five candidates...
...keynote speaker for the event, which was entitled “Whistleblowers: Ethics, Management and the Law,” the former U.S. secretary of labor capped an afternoon of panel discussions of corporate whistleblowing in both the public and private sectors...
...Illingworth and other administrators have regularly recognized the importance of free expression. In fact, the administration is usually so laissez-faire that, according to Harvard Republican Club (HRC) President Brian C. Grech ’03, the administration does not require students groups to seek pre-approval before inviting speakers to campus. Instead, the administration merely asks for notification after a speaker has been invited in case that person is deemed important enough for an official University welcome. Indeed, Grech states that HRC “never notified anyone” before bringing controversial figures David Horowitz and Ann Coulter...
Thus, what has administrators on edge, Illingworth says, is the question of size. According to Illingworth, a controversial concert is more troublesome than a controversial speaker “because a concert is open to a lot of people.” Yet, Illingworth’s claim holds little water. In November, over 6,000 people crowded the Albert H. Gordon indoor track and tennis facility to hear the words of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, a far from uncontroversial figure. Moreover, the Clinton audience was more than double the size of the expected OutKast audience, which is capped...
...said, half joking. "We're hardly ever around here to do much." Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has even begun complaining publicly about how difficult it is to get anything done simply because his senators are hardly ever around to vote. To get legislation passed, Daschle and House Speaker Dennis Hastert often have to pull all-nighters Wednesday keeping their chambers in session non-stop through Thursday...