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Supporters of the current system argue that there’s no harm in losing out on House community if students find friendships and communities elsewhere at Harvard. This argument is wrongheaded. First, if communities at Harvard are to exist without reference to residential life, then the House system should be converted into a simple dormitory system. The reason the College puts up with the massive inefficiency of operating 14 undergraduate dining halls, for example, is that it recognizes the importance of House dining in creating viable communities. Also, relying on extracurricular activities and friendships from high school is unwise...
...them into being, his simplistic optimism never had a chance against the complex reality. Bush's war has taken a bad but stable situation under Saddam Hussein and made it worse for Iraqis, the region and the world. Robert J. Inlow Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. I can't accept the argument that the escalating sectarian violence in Iraq has nothing to do with 24 years of Sunni oppression of Shi'ites and Kurds under Saddam but is the result of the incompetent U.S. invasion. What about the passion to avenge atrocities committed by the former regime...
...Additionally, the argument that cultural, ethnic, and gender groups siphon members off from non-racial or non-gender groups overlooks the fact that very often these groups motivate their members to get involved in other groups. The BMF makes an elaborate effort every year to get its members to run for and be elected to the UC; the UC presidential candidacy of current BMF President Tracy Moore ’06 is the most prominent example of this...
...this “virtue,” while not exclusive to men, goes hand-in-hand with the different roles to which men and women are better suited. For instance, Mansfield said, men are more abstract and tend not to let their personal biases and emotions obstruct an argument. “All of the greatest philosophers have been men,” he said. “You’re so charming,” interjected Wolf, “but I’m profoundly offended.” Mansfield also said...
This column is a message to you that we are listening, and that we care. We don’t expect you to agree with every decision we make, or every argument that will be made in this space on alternate Mondays. But we do want to communicate the logic behind our position, and more importantly to engage in a dialogue with you about these issues...