Word: strike
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...very well be the liveliest 83-year-old on the planet.Though the film has yet to be released widely, there have been dozens of screenings of the film all across the country, including many in Kansas just before the state school board’s Feb. 13 decision to strike intelligent design from its state education standards, which led some pundits to throw part of the credit to “Flock of Dodos.” Showtime network also plans to air the documentary in May, suggesting that the scientific community may have found its voice at last.No matter...
Associate Professor James L. Sherley ’80 began his strike Feb. 5, alleging the university’s decision was influenced by racism. Sherley had vowed not to eat until MIT offered him tenure and fired Provost L. Rafael Reif...
...Sherley, who is African-American, informed the administration last week that he would end his hunger strike, despite neither of his demands having been...
...professor who had begun a hunger strike after the university denied him tenure officially ended that strike last Friday, saying his protest had garnered sufficient attention...
Despite the end of his hunger strike, Sherley wrote that his “demands are still on the table...