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Harvard—in a friend-of-the-court brief signed by seven other universities—asked the Supreme Court to uphold the principle of affirmative action in college admissions yesterday...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Files Brief With High Court | 2/18/2003 | See Source »

...bulk of Harvard’s brief argues for the importance of diversity and outlines the methods Harvard uses to ensure a diverse student body, ultimately recommending that the court uphold the Bakke decision and both of Michigan’s admissions policies...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Files Brief With High Court | 2/18/2003 | See Source »

...Alliance for Justice, a private non-profit advocacy group whose mission for the last 20 years has been to uphold high standards for judicial nominees, has also expressed concern about the nomination...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Alum Faces Senate Filibuster | 2/14/2003 | See Source »

...custodians’ second grievance—that the university did not uphold seniority rights—concerned full-time openings that should have been offered first to janitors who had worked at Harvard the longest but were instead offered to others, according to Bartley...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Janitors Publicly Present Grievances in Protest | 1/15/2003 | See Source »

...executive board of HRCF wrote in an e-mail to the organization’s members last night that “it is important that our constitution continues to state the necessity that the leaders of HRCF uphold and support the purpose of HRCF...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Christian Group To Review Rules With College | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

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