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...Oppenheim remains unconvinced of the oppressive weight of "cultural" questions, he might ask himself why many queers who are comfortable with the "moral" aspects of their sexuality choose to remain closeted. While it is true that Harvard is often admirably queer-friendly, especially on level of Faculty and House masters, it has failed the queer community many times. The reassignment of first-year roommates at the request of a student who could not live with a homosexual is one example that has surfaced in the past years...
Religion is a serious topic and not one we should shy away from. Most of my good friends are religious people in a variety of traditions. Don't be afraid. Go up to the person with the head covering or distinctive dress and ask them about it. Don't consider religion such a taboo subject. You will be surprised how it will enrich and educate any discussion. And don't be afraid to think religiously. Try it, if only to put yourself in another's shoes. You won't regret...
This segues into the more fundamental question that The Crimson needs to ask itself: what are its obligations and priorities as a student community newspaper? Wrestling co-captain Ed Mosley '99 points out that these should be different from those of larger, commercial newspapers, whose outlook is to write stories that will sell: "Now that The Crimson is given out free to every undergraduate, it has to be representative of every aspect of student life, regardless of sell value." There is a large proportion of the student population devoting anywhere between 10 and 30 hours a week to a competitive...
...trying to gather some momentum, Harvard could not ask for a better team to face than the Brown Bears...
...this comment, while cutting to those who still subscribe to the expression, strikes a nostalgic chord, harkening back to a time when kids could say "second base" and they all knew what that meant. Of all the students asked, B.J. Novak '01 was the only one to offer a solution: "Why don't we bring back the baseball system?" Sure, it was big in Junior High, and sure, college students are supposedly more mature, but wouldn't it be nice if inquiring minds could ask what happened last night and actually know? Yet, while ideal, this plan will undoubtedly never...