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...they’ve thought things through. From what I’ve read, it seems like John and Tara were not very impressive at the debate and in other contexts where they had to defend their platforms and their records.” —Joshua A. Barro ’05, former UC finance committee chair and an unsuccessful candidate for UC president in 2003 “I think endorsements are both key and indicative. On the strength of the Black Students Association endorsement (given that the BSA is an extremely active group on campus...
...Harvard and across the nation see no contradiction—they believe that sexual orientation should not define political philosophy. “I always thought it was sort of odd that gay and lesbian people are perceived as being quite liberal,” says Joshua A. Barro ’05, a gay Republican who now works for a New York City bank. “I don’t think there’s any reason being gay should lead you to support bigger government and high taxes. These are issues that have nothing...
...Barro says the group aligns itself too often with liberal causes that don’t relate to sexuality. “The BGLTSA is this image of political radicalism,” says Barro, who some identified as the unofficial gay conservative spokesman in the club. “I’ve always found it strange when the BGLTSA allies with liberal groups on policies that have nothing to do with being gay or lesbian...
...while almost a dozen students reportedly described a homophobic Harvard with impassioned emotion, a few others felt comfortable disagreeing. Joshua A. Barro ’05, a UC representative who is also openly gay, opposed the bill, calling Harvard a “great place to be gay,” according to The Crimson. “Idiots like Gladden Pappin are lonely idiots,” he said...
These differences are evident to students who have experienced both ends of the spectrum. “In philosophy it’s a much smaller concentration, so the head tutor could advise me,” says Joshua A. Barro ’05, a psychology concentrator who changed to philosophy—a department about five times smaller—for one semester. “In larger concentrations, advising is more bureaucratic and not personalized...