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Unfortunately, FM was unable to speak directly with a Leverett tutor with regards to the recent dousing of “Thirsty Thursday.” Catherine Shapiro, Leverett’s Senior Tutor, however, was able to affirm by e-mail, “Leverett House is not anti-party.” Shapiro also stated, “Getting together with friends is wonderful, and when done right, absolutely builds community...
Despite the shift in public debate, the Supreme Court must establish a clear and fair precedent in this case, and define the ways in which affirmative action may operate and the ends that it must pursue. Racial justice must survive, and the court must affirm the value of diversity in our classrooms and in our society at large by upholding the principles set forth in Bakke...
...Thorung-la it was downhill all the way and straight into a riot of civilization. Cars honked, Hindi music blared, and it was hard to distinguish where the garbage dumps ended and the streets began. Friends back home may have thought I was roughing it, but I can affirm that life on the Annapurna circuit is more than civilized...
...President and his strategists like to affirm that disarming Iraq is central to the war against terrorism. But that means the risk of retaliation against Americans is not confined to the battlefield. Faced by the difficulty of outfitting missiles with chemical and biological warheads, Saddam may conclude he will have better luck setting up terrorist free-lancers with unconventional weapons to use against innocents outside the theater of war. A Rand Corp. report estimates that a smallpox attack carried out by teams of special-ops troops on the 10 largest U.S. airports could infect between...
...signs were not a means of sidestepping Pappin’s argument, they were a means of turning extremist doctrine into a teachable moment. The signs did not silence Pappin or anyone else—rather, they gave students a way to publicly disagree with Pappin and to affirm their conviction that BGLTQ students are valuable members of the College community. The signs remind us that while Harvard is a fairly welcoming place for BGLTQ students, we still attend a university that excludes gender identity and expression from its nondiscrimination policy. We still live in a society that allows Donald...