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For Lunch BBQ Pulled Pork Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Spicy Nacho Grilled Cheese

For Dinner Fettucine with Chicken Fried Calimari Grilled Chicken Breast

Tod ay’s Events

Climate Change Trivia Queenshead Pub, 8 p.m.

The Queen’s Head Pub is hosting a special climate change trivia night— bring your trivia team or form one there, and test your climate knowledge!

How to Network at Harvard 124 Mt. Auburn Street, 12-2 p.m.

Harvard’s human resources arm is putting on a workshop focused on finding networking opportunities at the University!

People take advantage of the warm weather on Monday at the foosball tables outside the Science Center. Aiy n G. white—Crimson photo r pher

Daily Briefing

The Department of Justice filed an amicus brief supporting Students for Fair Admissions in its appeal against Harvard. In the brief, the Department argued that a district court judge failed to apply strict scrutiny in determining whether Harvard’s use of race in its admissions process was “narrowly tailored to a compelling interest.” In other news, Athletics Director Robert L. Scalise said he does not support calls to implement separate academic support structures for student-athletes. in The Rea l World

Hundreds of New York Students Watch ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in Madison Square Garden For the first time ever, a Broadway show played Madison Square Garden to an arena of enthused students. The production was put on for free for 18,000 middle and high school public schools across New York City’s boroughs.

In Historic Move, House Passes AntiLynching Bill Since 1900, there have been 200 efforts to make lynching a federal crime. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act passed the House with a 410-to-4 vote. Congressman Bobby L. Rush, who introduced the bill, is hopeful that it will face no further obstacles passing the Senate and being signed by the President.

Around the Ivies

Columbia Columbia University researchers recently received a $2.1 million grant to research viable drugs that could combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to the Columbia Spectator. The Jack Ma Foundation — a nonprofit owned by Jack Ma, China’s richest man — donated the grant as the virus is spreading more rapidly throughout China. The donation occurred just days after the Education Department launched an investigation into Harvard for allegedly failing to report foreign donations.

Brown On Tuesday, over 100 Brown University graduate students marched in a protest led by the Stand Up for Graduate Students Union negotiating team, the Brown Daily Herald reported. The march follows almost one year of negotiation between the union and Brown over a contract, and during the march, participants repeatedly threatened striking. SUGSE has been openly negotiating graduate student concerns with Brown since its inception in 2014, but since they’ve begun negotiating a formal contract last year, the two sides have failed to come to “final agreements.” SUGSE leaders said Tuesday that they are currently planning more marches and picket lines as negotiations continue.

uPENN The University of Pennsylvania athletics department and men’s basketball team received sanctions from the NCAA yesterday following a bribery scandal surrounding the former men’s basketball team coach, Jerome Allen, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian. The basketball team’s participation in the regular season will not be restricted, but the team does face a three-week ban on recruiting. The athletics department faces a $5,000 fine and two years on probation. This follows after Allen was implicated in a July 2018 scandal where it was revealed Allen had accepted money from businessman Phillip Esformes to secure his son’s acceptance as a basketball team.

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