April 26, 2001

Roughing it in Harvard Yard The statue of John Harvard overlooks the tent city where students participating in living wage protests have set up camp. (Staff Photo by Rose Lincoln) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Resolution sought in Mass. Hall standoff
As the Massachusetts Hall sit-in over wages for the University's lowest-paid workers extended into its eighth day on Wednesday, protesters and members of the Harvard administration searched for a resolution to the standoff.

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• Statement from President Rudenstine
• Facts and fallacies about employment at Harvard
• Recommendations of the faculty committee

HLS gets rare book collection that spans 400 years
Harvard Law School announced today that its library - the largest law library in the world - has received its most significant gift in more than 150 years, a major collection of rare English law books spanning 400 years of legal writing from 1491 to 1891.

Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee says, keep politics out of Court
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Orrin Hatch told a packed audience at the ARCO Forum of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) that he's determined to keep politics out of the Supreme Court.

Babbitt delivers Earth Day address
Former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt slammed President George Bush's global warming record Sunday, delivering a combination call to action and political stump speech to an enthusiastic Earth Day crowd of about 800 gathered in Sanders Theatre.

Foundation to examine UN peacekeeping efforts
World Peace Foundation (WPF) Program to host meeting of UN officials, peace practitioners, and academics that will explore the role of the UN in preventing conflict and building peace in the developing world.

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