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Since Jan. 5, the first day of Reading Period, “biometric” information—digital photographs and fingerprints—has been collected from almost all visitors to the United States. Despite the apprehension of the international community, the new entry requirement, titled US-VISIT (for U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) and implemented by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is a sound idea that will improve American security...
...movie was actually filmed in Romania, with soldiers from the Romanian army filling in as extras. But nothing beats the real thing, and the visitor's center began offering well-attended tours of the Crater battle site the week after Christmas to coincide with the opening of the film. In the hour-long walking tour, visitors can see where the idea for the tunnel was hatched by Union soldiers as they looked across a railroad ravine at the entrenched Confederate troops. The opening to the 5 ft.-tall tunnel is still intact, and the crater is still there, although...
...United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US VISIT) system, which Congress mandated following Sept. 11, requires most foreign visitors to be photographed and to undergo a biometric fingerprinting procedure as they enter the country. Security officials check the fingerprints against a database, allowing them to identify travellers with criminal histories who may have been overlooked during the visa-application process...
Harvard is an institution famed for its dedication to free speech—but at the moment it seems to be taking pointers from recent visitor Wen Jiabao, the premier of China, and the repressive policies his government champions. For the crime of protesting during Wen’s address at Harvard last month, I am currently facing disciplinary action from the Ad Board...
...that its “interference with speech and other protected rights is incidental;” and that “law schools cannot ‘erect a shield’ against opposing public interests simply by asserting that the mere presence of an unwanted visitor would impair its message.” Additionally, he explained that in the view of the court, “if there is any expressive component to [military] recruiting, it is entirely ancillary to its dominant economic purpose,” and that “the Solomon Amendment does not unconstitutionally...