CAMBRIDGE – This week's town hall-style meeting at Harvard University, billed as an event aimed at educating undergraduates on the school's new Title IX sexual-conduct policies, managed to leave some students feeling more confused about the changes, according to a Harvard Crimson report.
The student newspaper reported that Harvard's Title IX officer, Mia Karvonides, led the discussion and focused on the new "unwelcome conduct" standards. The paper said Karvonides informed students that consent under the policy can't be assumed in the absence of the word "no" or based on "clothing, gender, race or sexual orientation."
BOSTON – Trying to parse Tuesday's election results had even the savviest political operators scratching their heads. Caveats were plentiful.
Donald Trump didn't just win the Massachusetts Republican presidential primary, he steamrolled the competition in a state where, by historical standards, the more moderate and conciliatory Ohio Gov. John Kasich should have done better than a distant second. And yet over 100,000 more voters filled out Republican ballots than did in 2008, when former Gov. Mitt Romney was in the race, and without a single high-profile Bay State Republican backing the former reality television star.
