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Seven days into a hunger strike aimed at getting higher wages for Harvard's security guards, a second undergraduate participating in the strike was hospitalized for dangerously low sodium levels. Meanwhile, about 25 students held a candlelight vigil outside of Interim President Derek C. Bok's home in hopes of pressuring the University to intervene in contract negotiations for the workers. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
Finally, despite Caldwell’s claims, Take Back the Night is not the campus mechanism to organize prevention; the week exists to raise awareness and support victims of intimate violence. It is for these individuals that we should light candles at the vigil, especially because when they come forward as survivors, they will face Caldwell’s suspicious analogies to the false accusations at Duke and will be confronted with her doubts given her belief that not “all of these [incidents] actually constituted rape.” We suggest that Caldwell?...
Finally, despite Caldwell’s claims, Take Back the Night is not the campus mechanism to organize prevention; the week exists to raise awareness and support victims of intimate violence. It is for these individuals that we should light candles at the vigil, especially because when they come forward as survivors, they will face Caldwell’s suspicious analogies to the false accusations at Duke and will be confronted with her doubts given her belief that not “all of these [incidents] actually constituted rape.” We suggest that Caldwell?...
More than 200 undergraduates and University affiliates gathered yesterday for a late-night vigil at Memorial Church to remember the 32 victims of Monday’s mass shooting at Virginia Tech. The candle-lit service began on the South Porch of the historic building, followed by a service inside the sanctuary. Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes spoke at the 10 p.m. service, which was supported by the Undergraduate Council (UC) and organized by the Memorial Church faculty. “No one wants to feel like they are alone in tragedies like these...
...Brown undergraduates received an e-mail the evening of the incident informing them of the shootings, announcing a candlelight vigil that night, and offering contact information for support services at the school...