Word: cadets
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...Naval College cadet, 13, was dismissed on the charge of stealing a five-shilling postal order. His father's legal challenge to the Admiralty made the case a celebrated one. Terence Rattigan's 1946 play ignored the element of religious prejudice (the boy was Catholic) but mined the domestic, romantic and political realms to create a superior, stiff-upper-lip weepie. The surprise is it still works, in this beautifully judged film with Nigel Hawthorne as the righteous father and Jeremy Northam (an Olivier incarnate) as the famous barrister who takes the case. Have a good thought and a quiet...
Many of the bill's supporters have decried the prima facie dismissal of these ostensible 'cadet concerns," but unfortunately for them, a nondiscrimination policy is by definition a prima facie dismissal of organizations who discriminate. Despite any good intentions, the resolution sets a dangerous precedent by suggesting that the University should suspend its nondiscrimination policy when in the "national interest" or when the "admirable" aspects of an organization outweigh its bigoted ones. This precedent hurts all students the policy protects, whether women, the disabled or people of color. Institutional decision cannot rely on vague criteria that ask us to decide...
...students have the choice to cross-register for classes at MIT, or even other schools of the university, some of which are located in far more "inconvenient" locations. In choosing to join ROTC, students accept the commute as an inconvenience in exchange for the opportunity to serve as a cadet or midshipman, and this is certainly a noble choice. Similarly, students who wish to cross-register at another school accept the commute as a cost of participation. However, while gay and lesbian students are allowed to register for most classes at MIT, they do not have the choice to register...
...students have the choice to cross-register for classes at MIT, or even other schools of the university, some of which are located in far more "inconvenient" locations. In choosing to join ROTC, students accept the commute as an inconvenience in exchange for the opportunity to serve as a cadet or midshipman, and this is certainly a noble choice. Similarly, students who wish to cross-register at another school accept the commute as a cost of participation. However, while gay and lesbian students are allowed to register for most classes at MIT, they do not have the choice to register...
SHANNON FAULKNER Citadel's first female cadet wins $4 mil to cover legal fees. That should bring school to attention...