2008 Woodie Awards
RECORD Editorial: HLS needs harassment policy alternatives
One week after the Harvard Business School administration threatened its student newspaper editor with sanctions over a "deeply hurtful" comment in a cartoon, HLS is confronted with its own free speech conundrum. The RECORD argues that bigotry will not be eradicated by a harassment policy, and there's a lot to lose.…
|
LETTER: Civil Rights and Homeland Security
1L Hephzibah Levine writes into The RECORD to argue that security is important, but delaying immigration decisions keeps families apart.…
|
Letters: Censor this? (updated)
Austin Bramwell writes to The RECORD and wonders, which of his opinions on diversity issues should be silenced by the proposed harassment policy.…
Post the First Comment
|
Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Street
ADAM WHITE reviews "You Got Screwed! - Why Wall Street Tanked and How You Can Prosper," a memoir by James Cramer '84. Cramer is the centerpiece of TheStreet.com and co-hosts the nightly CNBC news analysis hour.…
|
1L Experience: Giving thanks for break
JEREMY BLACHMAN writes, "For many 1Ls, Thanksgiving break next week may be the first time to see families since starting law school." He advises that now is the time to start thinking of what to say over Thanksgiving dinner.…
|
Letters from Berkeley: The final analysis
COLLEEN CHEN writes her final entry from Berkeley. From the people to the classes to the weather, Boalt might have a few things to teach. However, "posh" HLS has it's perks too.…
|
Two hours to a new perspective
ALEX M. GORDON writes, "Throughout the course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, each side has succeeded in casting the other in the worst possible light."…
|
A different kind of choice
LEA SEVCIK writes, "Why does real choice so often annoy pro-choicers? It is always interesting to witness the reactions on campus to the Society for Law, Life and Religion's annual rebate program of health service fees that fund elective abortions."…
|
Israel and Palestine: A narrative response
DAVID PEYMAN responds to an article in last week's RECORD where he felt DONOVAN RINKER-MORRIS, "ignorantly reinforces the stereotype that Jews living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 'intimidate and beat people.'"…
|
Letters: Abortion, Stem Cells, and the GOP
Several readers commented this week on the article by GREG LIPPER where he implied abortion was a blessing to many fetuses. Other topics include the stem cell debate and the recent selection of Nancy Pelosi as minority leader of the House.…
|