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...supporters and dissenters to think critically and raise important questions. Former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, a staunch advocate of civil liberties, once put it plainly: “Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.” If the government listened to Horowitz, we might be safer from future terrorist attacks...
Yesterday, sitting in class, I was privy to an event which almost caused me to stand on my chair and applaud. The guy sitting next to me managed to get through an entire two sentences without once using the word “like.” Shockingly enough, he was the first from a class of informed, eloquent students to be able...
...time many of the IOP’s student leaders said they were dismayed by Pryor’s move. But those who stayed and now head the institute’s student government say they applaud the changes swept in by Pryor’s initiative...
...begin with, I applaud a fashion magazine for making a concerted effort to include women in its coverage who look a little more like normal people. After flipping through pages and pages of fashion spreads, I find that my eyes adjust, and I look at the women staring back at me as though they were normally proportioned. Time and again I forget that exposed collarbones and thighs only slightly larger than calves aren’t normal. Magazines don’t print disclaimers at the bottom of pictures to remind you of things like that. Wouldn?...
...applaud the article by Kate L. Rakoczy ’04 addressing the issue of the lack of representation of women in the portraiture at Harvard (News, “Men Still Rule on Harvard’s Walls, Feb. 27). Indeed, such representation is crucial to honoring the contributions of women to the University, as well as to give the message that “women are a part of this community at every level.” This lack of representation is also true, if not more so, for the communities of color at Harvard. A striking example...