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CAMBRIDGE – While universities nationwide have made headlines for their crackdown on "microaggressions" and their creation of "safe spaces" away from offensive conversation, some Massachusetts college students think their peers are being overly sensitive. Harvard University sophomore Rachel Huebner, an editorial writer for the Crimson student newspaper,
Pro-life
CAMBRIDGE – A discussion at Harvard Law School on Tuesday featured a black, pro-life activist talking about the disproportionate rate of abortions within the black community – what could possibly go wrong? "There is certainly pro-life and pro-choice rhetoric underlying the issue," law student Chase Giacomo, president of Harvard Law
Massachusetts
NEWTON – While many Massachusetts campuses have become battlegrounds over acceptable forms of expression – such as what constitutes "hate speech" or should be considered "safe spaces" – resistance to "political correctness" has also cropped up in what amounts to a debate over a fundamental American freedom.
Harvard University
BOSTON – A Harvard University graduate who is the president of a popular local brewery apologized Thursday for remarks he said "came out all wrong" regarding the Ivy League school's edict that centuries-old exclusively male Final Clubs admit women. It began when Charles M. Storey, Harpoon Brewery
boston
BOSTON – An effort to modernize and improve permit processing in City Hall has already cut some key times by more than half and has paved the way for more improvement, according to a study released Monday. The research shows that processing a "long form" building permit fell to
Harvard University
CAMBRIDGE – Earlier this month, more than 100 Harvard University students, both male and female, declared themselves to be feminists at the seventh annual "Feminist Coming Out Day," the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported, a tradition started by undergraduates to openly discuss what the term means to them. More
Massachusetts legislature
LEXINGTON — A liberal activist and prominent Harvard University scholar wants to ban a lengthy list of semi-automatic firearms in a town famous for its Battle Green and its role in launching the American Revolution. Hundreds of people showed up at a Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday night, in which resident
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BROOKLINE – Harvard University's Grant Study reveals underlying reasons for being healthy and happy in the later years of life, according to Dr. Robert Waldinger, the decades-long research project's current director. What indicators can help predict good health and happiness in a person's later years
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