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...must respect them for making definitive judgments based on the information they have gathered, and for striving to maintain the integrity of the sport. That quality is superior to standardizing the calls of a game. Cameras and computers may very well improve the consistency of balls and strikes??or any other sporting act—but we cannot underestimate the importance of the human element that represents the work ethic and face of the games themselves...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Strikes Mounting on Umpires | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...SEIU 615, which represents 16,000 workers throughout New England, has long advocated for living wages for janitorial workers. Earlier in the decade, union members and students used a variety of demonstration tactics—including sit-ins, rallies, and hunger strikes??to successfully negotiate for raises and benefits from Harvard...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard To Trim Custodial Staff | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

Secondly, the Democrats should make inroads on Republican ideological turf and attempt to refocus dialogue. Specifically, two areas that are ripe for the taking are the debate on criminal justice and faith-based initiatives. The proposition in California that sought to reform their infamous “three strikes?? laws was defeated, but the support may be present nationwide to curtail the growth of the prison-industrial complex. Curbing mass incarceration would certainly curry favor with black voters, and it wouldn’t even have to be cast as an explicitly racial issue. The unchecked growth...

Author: By Brandon M. Terry and Brandon M. Terry, S | Title: Runaway Slaves | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

Harvard’s three power play strikes??one in each period—were team efforts, earning six different skaters a point. None of the three was particularly flashy...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Finds Missing Offense in Exhibition Against U.S. U-18 | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...provision in the contract covers major issues motivating the GESO and SEIU strikes??GESO wants to be recognized by the university while the SEIU Local wants to cover about 1,800 more hospital workers...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At Yale, Unions Sticking Together | 3/7/2003 | See Source »

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