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...different.“I feel like Harvard’s definitely one of the best places to be out,” says Ryan R. Thoreson ’07, outgoing co-chair of today’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance, although he does admit to feeling intimidation around campus on account of his sexuality.Last April, a gay undergraduate was reportedly punched in the head and chest around campus after he confronted two local men who were shouting homophobic and anti-Semitic insults. Hundreds of students rallied in his support.“I feel...
...long a given paper will take has led to my foolhardy belief that any paper can be tackled in 24 hours. Mentally prepared to stay up all night, I only begin real work around a bleary-eyed three a.m. Perhaps some advice is in order. I will admit that I’ve reformed substantially since my freshman year, thanks to a decent set of tips offered by concerned friends and self-help websites. But guidance on reducing procrastination is readily available at the Bureau of Study Counsel or in a Positive Psych PowerPoint. Instead, I’ll recommend...
...freshmen to outside the Yard’s gates, as overflow housing sent upperclassmen to Wigglesworth and first-years to newly-purchased apartments on Prescott St. in the fall of 1956. The space crunch that afflicted the University also forced the Admissions Office to cut the Class of 1960, admitted in the spring of 1956, by 200 students. The easing of the University-wide overcrowding problem became a theme of the University administration that year, led by President Nathan M. Pusey ’28. In a number of public speeches, Pusey stressed the need to expand the University?...
...admit, my family connections helped. Ron Howard became my first client. He had moved to LA for a while, and he needed a chef for a year. It was great. He has four kids, and I was having fun and they were wonderful to work...
...Clara, California, U.S. Faith and Politics Columnist Andrew Sullivan, in his essay "My Problem with Christianism" [May 15], drew a distinction between Christianity and faith-based conservatism and expressed what many of us in the mainline denominations have been thinking and feeling for a while. Although I hate to admit it, there have been occasions when I have been embarrassed to tell others I am a minister, not because I am ashamed of Christ or of my calling but because of the association that often gets made between people of faith and a particular political or social ideology...