{"id":8941,"date":"2015-10-11T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=8941"},"modified":"2024-01-29T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T01:59:38","slug":"october-12-2015-weekly-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/october-12-2015-weekly-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"October 12, 2015: Weekly News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Partial Stay Order Issued in Harvard Admissions Suit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Judge Allison Burroughs issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/dochub.com\/jiminhe\/JJnRYr\/harvard-stay-order-10-09-15\">partial stay order<\/a> for\u00a0<em>Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College<\/em>, which alleges discriminatory admissions practice against Asian American applicants. The order will stay in effect until the First Circuit hears an appeal by <a href=\"https:\/\/turtletalk.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/52-dct-order-on-intervention.pdf\">proposed interveners<\/a> and the Supreme Court rehears\u00a0<em>Fisher v. Univ. of Texas.\u00a0<\/em>Meanwhile, Harvard must produce document relating to admissions procedures, information about the alumni interview program, and admissions data from the last two years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details Over Attack on Kunduz Hospital Unclear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than a week after<a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/organizations\/d\/doctors_without_borders\/index.html?inline=nyt-org\"> a U.S. airstrike<\/a> killed 22 and injured dozens more at a Doctors Without Borders facility in Kunduz, Afghanistan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/story-of-how-a-kunduz-hospital-was-shelled-by-us-gunship-in-question\/2015\/10\/10\/1c8affe2-6ebc-11e5-b31c-d80d62b53e28_story.html\">details over the attack<\/a> are still lacking as the U.S. military investigates the incident. Dr. Joanne Liu, president of Doctors Without Borders, has called for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msf.org\/kunduz-independentinvestigation\">an independent investigation<\/a> into the airstrike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refugees Face Slow Acceptance Process into the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite a promise by the Obama Administration to increase refugee intake to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/09\/21\/world\/europe\/us-to-increase-admission-of-refugees-to-100000-in-2017-kerry-says.html\">100,000 by 2017<\/a>, those seeking admissions into the U.S. must undergo a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/11\/world\/middleeast\/refugees-stuck-in-grinding-us-process-wait-and-hope.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;module=first-column-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news&amp;_r=0\">lengthy background and interview process<\/a>. The proceedings are further slowed by a Dept. of Homeland Security rule that restricts immigration officials to the U.S. Embassy compound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flawed Student Loan Repayment System Pressures Borrowers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/files.consumerfinance.gov\/f\/201509_cfpb_student-loan-servicing-report.pdf\">A report<\/a> issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revealed that student loan market shows higher distress level relative to other consumer debt markets despite improvements to the economy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/11\/business\/a-student-loan-system-stacked-against-the-borrower.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;module=second-column-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news\">Some observers<\/a> blame loan servicers for their failure to inform borrowers of alternative servicing plans and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/680\/672136.pdf\">low enrollment<\/a> in income-based repayment 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