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Murtha's move would have until recently seemed most unlikely for the ex-Marine, who has spent decades shunning the limelight while building a reputation as one of the House's most formidable behind-the-scenes players. But with his recent prominence and his vocal opposition to Bush's Iraq policy, his ascension would put a more decidedly antiwar stamp on the House Democratic leadership. "The more he gets out there, the more he realizes that he truly has taken on a leadership role," says a Murtha ally on Capitol Hill. "If it weren't for him opening the door...
...fall on the left of the political spectrum, yet some of your most vocal campus supporters were members of campus conservative groups. Likewise, many of your harshest student critics were members of the campus left. How does it feel to be cast as a bad-guy conservative? LHS: I think I’m the same person with more or less the same views that I’ve had for a long time. I would call them moderate, progressive views on a national spectrum. I think sometimes those same views may place one at a different point...
...fall semester, the caucus had matured into a body that dealt with a far wider range of issues within the Faculty or Arts and Sciences (FAS), such as the curricular review and the Faculty’s long-term growth plans. Members had become more vocal in their criticisms of the perceived failures of the central administration.In many ways, McDonald had helped build the foundation for the group that exists today—a more-permanent body that now even plans to expand after the resignation of Summers, with the potential to become one of the main players...
...exist. All ideas, no matter how unpleasant to some, deserve to be voiced and judged on their merits. This year, several instances of curtailed speech raised our ire. Last November, DePaul University professor Norman G. Finkelstein’s speech at Harvard Law School was frequently interrupted by a vocal minority of protesters, who shouted taunts and attempted to drown out his words. A similarly worrying episode occurred in the spring, when some students tore pro-life posters depicting a talking fetus named Elena...
...educational institutions from zoning laws, which regulate the permitted uses of property.Because the offices planned for the Sumner Street building all fell under the category of educational use, the city could not stop Harvard from driving those tenants out.Though the city’s hands were tied, residents were vocal in their protests.“I believe that it’s inappropriate for the Dover Amendment to apply to an institution that owned such a large percentage of real estate in the city,” says Alec Wysoker ’84, a Cambridge resident...