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...community-building value of the event. We thank the College and the President’s office for backing up their rhetoric about improving undergraduate life by putting up enough money to make this concert free. In particular, University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 are to be commended for providing funds. We hope that interim President Derek C. Bok and Summers’ permanent successor will continue this fledgling tradition...
Some departments may offer secondary fields to students as soon as next year, faculty members said after yesterday’s vote.Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 wrote in an e-mail last night that he expects departments to begin submitting proposals to the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) this summer. The EPC, which must approve each proposal, will start considering them in the fall, he added.But each department will set its own pace, and many faculty members said they were uncertain when their departments would be ready to offer secondary fields. Many departments had already...
...pressure on children to view themselves in light of sexual norms. Instead of waiting for genetics to clear homosexuality’s taboo, the most advantageous avenue is redoubling support for awareness events like Gaypril. On a wider level, activists should urge those like the once-liberal Pope Benedict XVI to continue the reformation of the Catholic Church, or lobby the Food and Drug Administration to remove gay men from its “banned blood” list, and, in doing so, not promote untrue and defamatory stereotypes of them. The focus should not be on science...
...This year, we’re shooting for 1,684 new students,” he added, referring to a presentation made by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien at a recent Faculty Council meeting. “In the future, we hope to have a steady state...
...brokered the release of Abdul Rahman, who, under Afghanistan's Shari'a law, had faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity. Two days later, Rahman was spirited to Italy, which granted him asylum. On his arrival, he gave a brief TV interview, thanking the Italian government and Pope Benedict XVI for helping save his life and win his release. But alive doesn't mean totally free. Afghan clerics have denounced Italy and continue to call for Rahman's death, so he will stay under tight police protection in an undisclosed location for the foreseeable future. An Interior Ministry official...