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Cambridge Mayor Calls Video Of Black Harvard Student’s Arrest ‘Disturbing’

CAMBRIDGE — Police have released an onlooker's video depicting the takedown-style arrest of a naked black Harvard student police say was under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs, an incident that has prompted accusations of police brutality from a black Harvard Law School student organization and a description of "

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Harvard Law profs challenge federal sex-assault ‘guidance’

CAMBRIDGE – A collection of prominent law school professors, including Harvard's Alan Dershowitz, shot back at President Barack Obama's Education Department over its practice of using "Dear Colleague" letters to lay down policy mandates that ride roughshod over Americans' constitutional rights. A letter from

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Here’s how denizens of Harvard Yard plan to celebrate an icy Valentine’s Day

CAMBRIDGE – With freezing cold forecast for this weekend and a potential record-setting sub-zero low on Valentine's Day, it may be a good time to cozy up to your chosen Valentine – be it your dog, cocktail of choice, or children – and celebrate love. Below, this video showcases how students

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Suburban living may be less ‘green’ than it appears

BOSTON – Tall buildings loom over traffic filled streets in Boston as litter-strewn sidewalks and gutters add their accents to the exhaust fumes pervading certain parts of downtown on a typical day. Yet city living may be more environmentally sustainable than residing in greener tree-lined suburbs. Emissions from driving, public transit,

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WATCH: Exploring the best of Harvard Square

CAMBRIDGE — Even for non-students, living near a world-famous college has its perks. In the last few months alone, I've sat front row at a free lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Marilynne Robinson, had the rare opportunity to visit the storerooms below the Harvard Semitic Museum, and see a

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African art show opens at Harvard’s Cooper Gallery

CAMBRIDGE – Walking into the gallery located off Brattle Square in Cambridge, a visitor immediately confronts a doll-like female figurine, but one that sports wings and is missing a head. Yinka Shonibare's Food Faerie, adorned in brightly colored fabric and holding a pack of peaches on her back, seems

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Harvard defends itself in Title IX lawsuit

BOSTON — Harvard University is not backing down from challenging a female graduate's federal lawsuit claiming the school was negligent in adjudicating a sexual assault allegation in accordance to new Title IX policies. In a motion to dismiss, attorneys representing the prestigious Ivy League institution claim the school did

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Harvard seeks dismissal of lawsuit over sex assault case

CAMBRIDGE – Harvard University is refusing to settle with a female graduate who accused the Ivy League institution of failing to follow federal rules on handling allegations of sexual assault in a bombshell federal lawsuit brought against the school in February. In a recent court filing, Harvard lawyers not only signaled