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...little finger than most people had in their entire body.”Thoreson, on the other hand, emphasizes larger social shifts in the advancement of gay rights at Harvard. “I don’t think you can institute concrete changes unless there’s broader support for it,” he says.This is reflected in his organization’s current focusing on social acceptance of homosexuality.Colantuono says he feels the past 25 years have seen tremendous changes in attitudes towards the position of gay people in society. He recalls that when he became...
...details of the states of matter,” says Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Howard Georgi ’67. He explains that Wilson’s work was valuable not only in the field of phase changes, for which Wilson won the Nobel Prize, but had much broader applications for all of modern physics. It is a crucial component of our understanding of quantum chromodynamics (QCD)—the strong nuclear force that holds quarks together within protons and neutrons, for which the most recent Nobel Prize in physics was awarded, Georgi says.In the seventies, Georgi used Wilson?...
That said, I can’t shake the nagging suspicion that somewhere in the middle of the dealmaking, the petitions, and the unfortunate ad hominem attacks, the broader student body was never really all that informed about what was going on. They knew that one plan was bad (self-involved UC’ers trying to save their seats and shirk their responsibilities) and that the other plan was good (a more effective UC), but largely because a few people on campus who actually follow this sort of thing told them...
...Carvin has the right to argue she's a "de facto" parent. This new classification can apply to any non-biological parental figure - and it specifically mentions stepparents. So while the case appears on first glance to be about gay-and-lesbian rights, it may have a far broader impact...
...University’s transportation plans for Allston center around creating a more friendly environment for pedestrians. Now an area defined by high density thoroughfares like Western Avenue, proposals include creating bike lanes, broader sidewalks, and slowing traffic with traffic lights and sharp right turns...