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...addition, it asked the University to affirm that no student will be investigated without evidence of involvement in criminal activity or solely on the grounds of their ethnicity or religion...
However, without trivializing sexual assault, it still seems possible to ask why students should especially keep it in mind on Valentine’s Day. V-Day, an organization founded by Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler, suggests that the holiday “is a perfect day to affirm that people should love each other and be nice to women, instead of hurting them or killing them.” So is Christmas, and so is this morning. What makes Valentine’s Day different from all other days, and why is it uniquely suited to the remembrance...
...bill Rawlins supported, a measure to affirm “that California strawberry workers should be given access to bathrooms and safe drinking water in the field, health insurance, a work atmosphere free from sexual harassment, a living wage, and reasonable job security,” passed the council by a vote...
Think about that: the Arabic word for all those who affirm Islam is ummah. It implies a sense of oneness and community. Around the world and over the centuries, as Islamic empires have collided, it has often been difficult to discern. But here in America, the country where Sunday is the most segregated day of the week, it flourishes. Balbir Singh Sodhi's killer would probably not have appreciated that. But Sodhi would have, despite not being a Muslim. And maybe there is something here for all Americans to learn, if we can only catch our breath...
...anyone on campus who read Rev. Fred Phelps’ “God hates fags” rhetoric and now wonders whether Christians really do think this way, I want to affirm that I—and I do not hesitate to add all Harvard Christians in my acquaintance—stand beside the LGBT community and most of America in unconditionally and vehemently denoucing Phelps’ reprehensible message of hate...