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...current hunger strike for Harvard’s security guards by arguing that “Harvard has no legal role in this process” (Harvard Will Not Intervene, May 7, 2007). In that very same article however, she acknowledges that “AlliedBarton is fully subject to the Wage and Benefit Parity Policy” Harvard adopted after a sit-in for a living wage...
...Depending on the conclusions reached, Harvard and other universities may have to change the way they invest their endowments, but no legislation has been introduced as of yet. According to current federal tax law, institutions like Harvard are exempt from paying taxes on earnings from investments. But they are subject to taxes on investments with hedge funds that operate within the United States. The law, however, allows offshore hedge funds to convert profits earned from investments into dividends, which are not taxed. Jill Kozeny, press secretary for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)—the ranking GOP member...
...Faculty Council, the highest governing body of FAS, approved revisions to the Handbook for Students that would make leaders of recognized and non-recognized student groups subject to review by the Administrative Board if their members or guests experience “serious harm” resulting from excessive alcohol consumption or hazing at the organization’s gatherings...
Twelve years later, Smith explained to a Chicago newspaper that "ignorant translators, careless transcribers or designing and corrupt priests have committed many errors" in the Bible, which he revised according to God's revelations. Mormons were subject to persecutions, and in 1844, as he was running for President, Smith was murdered by an angry mob. His successor, Brigham Young, led followers to Utah, the church proceeded to grow rapidly, and Mormon leaders were identified by the church as God's prophets on earth...
...explosion, the subject of a paper that will appear in an upcoming issue of the Astrophysical Journal, took place 240 million light-years away and was, in the words of astronomer Nathan Smith of the University of California, Berkeley, a leader of the observing team, "truly monstrous." About 100 times as powerful as an ordinary supernova, it resulted from the death of a star that was probably 150 times as massive as our sun, or "as massive as a star can get," says Smith. What's more, a similarly huge and unstable star is rumbling a lot closer to Earth...