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...ribbon. It’s bad because it’s only so deep at that level.” In addition to distributing ribbons and signing pledges, the campaign included a discussion in Sever Hall last night about the history and future of anti-violence movements. So far the push has been successful, the organizers said. Four thousand ribbons were ordered and “we could easily run out,” Braxton said. And while the campaign is primarily directed at males, many women across campus are also sporting the ribbons, organizers said. Although some passers...
...proposed to cap the number of Jewish students at Harvard—then 21 percent of the student body. In a letter published in the New York Times, Lowell—for whom the House is named—maintained that it would benefit the University and help reduce anti-Semitic sentiment. When outright quotas raised objections, he changed the admissions criteria to include photographs of applicants as well as “an estimate of personal character.” Over the course of his tenure, the number of Jewish students declined to 10 percent...
...turns out that the majority of Serbs do not share the government's views. Although recent opinion polls do show a slight increase in anti-Western sentiments, more than half of the electorate strongly supports Serbia's prospective membership in the E.U., even if the price of that means losing Kosovo...
...theological impudence of His Dark Materials didn't stop it from selling 15 million copies worldwide. In Britain the trilogy was a phenomenon, spawning a radio adaptation and a six-hour play at the National Theatre that sold out its run before it officially opened. The story's anti-theology had little to do with its success, or with impeding it. People of all ages love a ripping yarn, which this is; and The Lord of the Rings had established an appetite for multi-volume fantasy novels. (The trilogy's initial book, called Northern Lights...
...since Sept. 11, HIS members have grown frustrated by what they see as a cloud of misconceptions about Islam. Members point to a string of anti-Muslim incidents in the last several years that they say were not handled properly by Harvard and highlight a need to educate the campus community about Islam...