Word: vigilantism
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With the revelation two months ago that Harvard still holds stock—albeit indirectly—in companies from which it had allegedly divested because of their involvement in Sudan, the student divestment movement has been launched anew. Apparently, the Corporation’s April 2005 decision to divest...
A 30-second commercial in this year's Super Bowl will cost as much as $2.6 million. But all it takes is a few seconds of a misplaced camera shot during the game to make a network wonder whether it's worth it. That's why CBS will be especially...
After groundbreaking ceremonies for Kumgangsan Dam were held in late October, South Korean Defense Minister Lee Ki Baek ominously threatened "self-defensive measures." The actual South Korean response was less menacing: a "counterdam" that would be built 12.5 miles south of the North Korean one. Dubbed the Peace Dam, the...
The Harvard Management Corporation (HMC) has not divested from PetroChina and Sinopec. Despite declaring in April, 2005 its intentions to withdraw investments from PetroChina due to “the unique pattern of circumstances relating PetroChina to the crisis in Sudan,” and shortly thereafter promising to cut...
ALWAYS ESCORT STRANGERS Never let pairs split up, and never, ever leave them alone--no matter what the reason. Stickley has stooped to faking illness, and then spending as long as it takes in a bathroom until the most vigilant escort gives up.