Doug MacGinnitie '89, a Sandy Springs, Ga. City Council member, announced Thursday that he will be running for Georgia's Secretary of State in 2010. MacGinnitie told the Albany Herald that the job calls for him to "ensure elections are done with integrity and fairness" and "administer and regulate business in Georgia." MacGinnitie, who has a background in business law, plans to postpone or suspend certain business fees to help create new jobs during the economic crisis, according to the Herald. MacGinnitie formerly served as chief council for Georgia-Pacific and co-founded the commercial insurance brokerage firm Beecher Carlson.
The Head of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and Harvard Medical School Professor S. Allen Counter said Monday that the Cambridge police have a racial bias that contributed to his arrest in December 2006 for assault and battery, The Boston Globe reported. At the time, police responded to a call from Counter's former wife saying he had tried to push their daughter out of a moving vehicle during an argument. The accusation of Counter echoes that of Henry Gates Jr., a Harvard professor, who accused Cambridge police of being racist after his arrest last month. Gates appeared to be breaking into his own home after returning from vacation when he was arrested.
Only 10 percent of universities in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I-A level have created plans for environmental sustainability in athletic programs, according to a recent study by Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. While about 75 percent of colleges have said increased sustainability is a high priority, the sustainability initiatives of most schools are not run by athletic directors, but by facilities and operations divisions, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Environmental progress will probably have a minimal impact on fan loyalty, representatives from several colleges said. The study also found that 79 percent of college representatives did not know if the president of their school had signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, the Chronicle reported.
