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...Solovay, an adjunct faculty member at the New College of California School of Law who authored “Tipping the Scales of Justice,” discusses weight discrimination in her courses. Fat studies proponents, who challenge the accepted message that obesity is both avoidable and unhealthy, face stiff opposition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that obesity, which afflicts 30 percent of American adults, increases the risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Opponents say that fat studies is a way of masking that epidemic by making it a part of social discourse...
...store faced stiff competition with the arrival of a chain bookstore called Waterstone’s, which had a significantly larger inventory than the Harvard Book Store Café, he says...
...holding my hand,’” Katyal recalled to loud laughs. “I was like, ‘Whatever.’” “The key was to have a conversation with the justices instead of doing a formal, stiff presentation,” he added. Joining Katyal at yesterday’s event was the Kennedy School’s Stanton Professor of the First Amendment Frederick Schauer, who spoke about the judiciary’s agenda relative to that of the public—the topic...
...first time since 2003, Harvard’s rugby club earned a spot last Sunday in next spring’s upcoming national tournament. The club secured its spot despite losing to perennial powerhouse Army in the finals of the Northeastern Rugby Football Union (NRFU) playoffs. Now Harvard faces stiff competition at nationals, where they will most likely square off against Army again. “The biggest difference between the top ten teams and Harvard is not talent, but money,” said Fred J. Bressette, the Northeast Rugby Union’s vice president of colleges, referring...
...applaud Krauthammer's realistic take on the North Korean issue-that a "dynamic, capitalist, reunited Korea" would be stiff competition for a China that aspires to impose its will on East Asia, hence Beijing keeps its unruly neighbor alive and refuses to support tough U.N. sanctions against North Korea. Let's hope for the sake of the Korean people that China does not succeed in promoting its self-interests and that there may be a reunited Korea before our lives are over. Juwon Yang Los Angeles...