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Harvard University named Lawrence Summers as their next president on Sunday. The nine-month search for a president began last May when current president Neil Rudenstine announced his decision to step down. Other candidates were University of Michigan President Lee Boullinger and Harvard Provost Harvey Fineberg. Summers, 46, who received a

Death penalty opponents claim victory in Massachusetts House

“This has come up probably every session since I’ve been here,” said Amherst State Representative Ellen Story, who opposes the death penalty and has been serving as representative since 1992. In 1997, the House deadlocked over the issue, resulting in a one-vote decision to keep the death penalty out

Lawrence Lessig speaks on future of law in cyberspace

“To help us engage these questions, perhaps no one is better than Lawrence Lessig,” said Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science Austin Sarat. Admitting that “It’s my nature to be pessimistic and negative,” Lessig foresaw the future Internet as heavily regulated. While the original Internet was a flexible space

News Briefs

Six dead during U.S. training exercise in Kuwait A joint U.S.-Kuwaiti investigation is underway after a U.S. Navy fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb in Kuwait Monday, killing five American soldiers and an army major from New Zealand and injuring many more. Pentagon officials are speculating

Campus Crime Log

11:35 p.m., Pratt Dormitory A resident of Pratt complained about loud music on the fourth floor. January 31, 2001 1:01 a.m., James Hall A resident of James complained about loud people and noise on the second floor. 2:08 a.m., Davis Dormitory Officers received a

All-Stars in Action

Eight years later, Downes is still making music and playing the bass. In high school, Downes played in two bands: “We just started hanging out and playing for fun and it turned into something that I really enjoyed doing,” he said. At Amherst, Downes has played with Full Service and

Campus Conversation

It began like any other TAP: loud music, scantily-clad students and sketchy dancing. Then, we soon realized, it really was like any other TAP. Although SoCo held Raffle TAP this past Saturday, adding the ever-popular element of winning prizes to the same old TAP debauchery, the result was TAP. With