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...traditional Buddhism, practices like meditation and breath-work have been successful solutions to calm fear. And in the end, it may indeed come down to taking a moment for yourself. As Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 says, “to cope with my worst fear—an interview with Crimson reporters—I take a deep breath...
Once Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 assembled a committee (comprising faculty, members of the administration, and a student) to examine the topic, the students’ voice was not only heard but heeded. The committee’s work was truly a collaboration of all parties, and the result is a policy with which most seem to be pleased—a result all too uncommon in contentious situations like this...
...reported that Pope Benedict XVI may reaffirm a ban on homosexuals entering the seminary [Oct. 3]. The Pope may be intent on a "thorough cleaning up of the priesthood." But given the Roman Catholic Church's history of sexual abuse of children by the clergy, why has it taken so long to act? Can it be that aberrant behavior is finally costing the church big money...
...conflicting family obligation.” According to Longbrake, “a member of his staff has expressed President Summers’ deep regrets to the leadership of HRO.” Longbrake added that a Summers staff member also worked to arrange for Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, a violist and former HRO member, to replace Summers as narrator. “My last experience with the HRO was in 1971, so I may be a bit rusty,” Gross wrote in an e-mail. But the orchestra?...
...Vatican. In the wake of the sexual-abuse scandal among U.S. clergy--in which some 80% of the victims were boys--the church seemed poised to carry out a blanket ban on admitting homosexuals, even celibate gays, to its seminaries. Italian newspapers, however, are now reporting that Pope Benedict XVI had signed a somewhat less extreme "instruction." (See accompanying story.) But while awaiting that edict, the psychologists like Plante, who (among other things) help determine whether prospective seminarians are gay, have been drawn into a debate about that particular aspect of their job. Predominantly Catholic but not necessarily ordained, most...