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...Faculty Council rejected the legislation, although it simultaneously confirmed the commitment of the Admissions Office not to take applicants’ sexual orientation into account.Speculation at the time suggested that the Faculty was afraid that conservative donors would withhold money or felt they should abstain from such discussions by sticking to the criteria of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which did not have a non-discrimination policy by sexual orientation. Professor Claudio Guillén, who supported the proposal at the time, claimed that the Faculty was simply unwilling to appear to endorse homosexuality, according to a 1981 Crimson article...

Author: By John R. Macartney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: As They Came Out, Students Faced Homophobia | 6/5/2006 | See Source »

...thighs or the white mod sunglasses of Ms. Moss or Mlle. Miller. I am not that awesome and I am not that English. Nor do I work at the Papercut Zine Library, which is the only other excuse for buying these pants. Until my next voluntary colonoscopy, I must abstain, but not without regret. THREE FORM-FITTING TIPS FOR SKINNY JEANS WEARERS 1) Pair a pair of skinny jeans with a long shirt that looks like a dress in order to make yourself feel better about your generous thighs. 2) Do not pair these pants with sneakers. This...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Trend is Nigh: A Bit Tight in the Crotch | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...though the majority of Harvard students would claim a Christian family heritage, their faith does not play a significant role in their lives. I would also venture that this is true of students who are from other religious backgrounds but do not necessarily keep kosher, fast on Ramadan and abstain from alcohol, or worship the various Hindu deities. What I find most puzzling is that lack of religion among students is only endemic to Harvard and its peer institutions such as Yale. Seven out of 10 college students say that religion is important or very important in their lives, according...

Author: By Loui Itoh, | Title: The Calculus of Faith | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...unrest rocks the banlieues last fall. And now we have the anti-cpe explosion. It all shows that France is reverting to its old habits. Today, as in the past, the naysayers are hardly a homogeneous group. They include blue- and white-collar workers threatened by globalization, who increasingly abstain from voting or vote for the extreme right; small-business owners crushed by bureaucracy; the middle class, which overwhelmingly said yes to the euro but no to the constitutional treaty on Europe; and the country's youth, who will live less well than their parents, or so 60% of French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Strange Kind of Revolution | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

...year-old heart is as strong as ever. During the Republican Convention some years ago, the soon-to-be Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commented that his wife refused him sex for two weeks following his public endorsement of Bush. Well, Italian charm proves itself once more: Messiah Berlusconi promised to abstain from carnal relationships till the April elections. For the record, that is over two months of Catholic abstinence. That pledge might surprise his wife Veronica, but at least she has love songs to make up for it. Former American President Clinton clearly could not multitask, as he produced a jazz...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri, | Title: Italians Do It Better | 3/22/2006 | See Source »

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