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...This type of cut specifically disadvantages the Quad,” says Christakis, who along with his wife will inherit a budget finalized by his predecessors, James J. and Sue McCarthy. He adds that he was concerned that Quad residents will also have to contend with the closure of the Quad library next year, another cut announced in early...
...captains Kristin Bannon and Elizabeth Goodman-Bacon. Harvard returns several top scorers and a foundation of young talent that the program can build upon. “There were definitely some bumps in the road, but there were some good high points,” Crimson coach Sue Caples said. “We can learn a lot from this season.” —Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at twalsh@fas.harvard.edu...
...firms in state courts rather than in federal courts. The Supreme Court unanimously overturned that decision, ruling that to permit the suits in state courts would lead to "duplicative litigation." In the third case, the court reversed a decision written by Sotomayor that said individuals have the right to sue a corporation working on behalf of the Federal Government for violations of their constitutional rights. But that was a narrow, 5-4 reversal in which the court's four most consistent liberals - Souter, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Paul Stevens - all supported her reasoning...
...Department of Education each year. But bullying is a problem teachers and administrators say is hard to define, let alone monitor - and one that could leave schools open to more lawsuits from the parents of bullied children. Indeed, a lawyer for Atlanta resident Masika Bermudez says she plans to sue the DeKalb County School System for a "substantial amount" for alleged negligence involving her 11-year-old son, Jaheem Herrera, who hanged himself in his bedroom closet on April 16. Bermudez says she complained to officials at Dunaire Elementary School that the fifth-grader was being taunted by bullies...
...Bermudez's lawyer, Gerald Griggs, said today that his client will nevertheless go forward with her intent to sue the school system. He said that Bermudez complained to the school about bullying eight times, but the school system only acknowledged five of those complaints. Each time, Griggs said, Bermudez complained to the principal and to her son's homeroom teacher. "Who did [DeKalb County Schools] talk to in this independent investigation?" he said...