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...labeling of Darfur as a ‘genocide’ and acting consistently with their position. When the federal government removes the label of ‘genocide,’ investments can resume.” According to a Boston Globe report last July, the state??s worker pension fund holds investments of more than $300 million in 23 non-U.S. companies doing business in Sudan. That includes $33.3 million in PetroChina, the oil firm from which Harvard announced its direct divestment two years ago. But as of Dec. 31, Harvard still maintained a total...
...time Andre’ had finished his club career with two national championships to his credit, graduated from high school with exactly 100 career goals after a hat trick in his final game against one of the state??s best defenders—“He deserves every accolade he gets,” says Akpan’s Oakridge coach, Jason Kern—and made his choice of Harvard over Duke, John Kerr could see elements of Eric Wynalda and Claudio Reyna in the young attacking midfielder. Kerr does not blush when he compares Akpan...
...size never fits all, especially when it comes to mental health. That’s why the Virginia State Legislature’s recent decision to prohibit the state??s public universities from punishing students who attempt to commit suicide with expulsion or mandatory time off will cause far more problems than it solves...
...Lampoon members captured and held hostage the Sacred Cod that hangs in perpetuity over the House chamber in the Massachusetts State House. This wooden cod’s effigy both symbolizes the importance of fishing to the Bay State??s early economy and serves as an unofficial good-luck-charm to representatives. As a result of its disappearance, Massachusetts state police were forced into conducting a statewide cod-hunt; woebegone representatives refused to legislate without their fish...
Virginia legislators unanimously passed a bill prohibiting the state??s public universities from punishing or expelling students who attempt to commit suicide or seek treatment for suicidal tendencies. The legislation, approved on Friday, comes in the wake of a spate of suicides at Virginia universities. And it follows several high-profile cases, including one at MIT in 2000, in which families of college students who were suspected of committing suicide sued universities officials for failing to provide adequate mental health care. “It is the only bill of its type in the country...