Lobbied by international students, Student Assembly expressed support Tuesday for a need-blind admissions policy for all students, calling the current policy discriminatory on the bases of birth country and wealth. Currently, the admissions office considers ability to pay as a factor for applicants outside Canada, Mexico and the United States, though College admissions is need-blind for North Americans. More »
“What are the consequences when a profession like medicine can go so far off the tracks?” Dickey Center Director Kenneth Yalowitz asked an audience of undergraduates, medical students and community members in a panel discussing medicine’s role in torture held Tuesday in Filene Auditorium. More »
“Gender-neutral” housing will be an option in next fall’s housing cycle, Student Body President Tim Andreadis ‘07 announced at Tuesday night’s Student Assembly meeting. Allowing students of different sexes to share rooms, gender-neutral housing will be available on both a “programming floor” and in other scattered rooms. More »
University of Victoria law professor and indigenous law expert John Borrows argued for harmonizing indigenous, common and civil law in Canada’s legal system in a Tuesday afternoon lecture sponsored by the Rockefeller Center. More »
Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson ‘75 led a discussion among four students and four adults about the link between religion and ethics in Fahey Hall’s basement Tuesday evening. The discussion was the fourth in the Faith Matters series hosted by the Tucker foundation. More »
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