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...alcohol was limited to these two areas, which drew criticism from some attendees.“It’s sad that unlike in France or Germany we can’t just sit outside here with a beer in hand without being asked to be in a cage,” said Sarah Winawer-Wetzel, who lives in Porter Square.But she said she was still happy to be at the festival. “I’m drinking beer in the afternoon sunshine with good friends—it’s awesome.”The other...
...National Coming Out Day. Students and BGLTS tutors also coordinated events in Houses, including a film screening of Margaret Cho’s “I’m the One that I want” in Winthrop. The celebrations concluded with a concert in the Quincy Cage Saturday night with gay singer and novelist Stewart Lewis. Relating his own experiences of being told to “play straight” in meetings, Lewis entertained about 20 students with his songs and anecdotes. “Does anyone have trouble coming out? Or are we all cool...
...Samson, this poses new risks. He worries that cage-free facilities threaten public health by fostering Salmonella. His group’s website even declares the Proposition could bring avian flu to California...
...cage-free chickens are still kept indoors and are hence no more vulnerable to avian flu, which travels in the air, than caged chickens. Moreover, 5-10 percent of California’s egg production is already cage-free, and this hasn’t sparked the feared salmonella epidemic. If anything, less densely packed birds are less vulnerable to air-borne diseases and less likely to require antibiotics to stay alive–which explains the endorsements of the Center for Food Safety and Senators Boxer and Feinstein for Prop...
...Californians can vote this November to end such institutionalized cruelty. The rest of us can donate to the “yes” campaign online, and urge our Californian friends to vote. Beyond that, we can work to make America entirely cage-free. And if charity starts at home, there’s no better place to begin than Harvard–where two thirds of the eggs in our undergraduate dining halls still come from hens living in battery cages like those described above. For the environment, human health, and the animals themselves, that needs to change...