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...teetotaling stems partly from the fact that I'm a Muslim. The general Muslim consensus when interpreting the Quran, Islam's scripture, is that drinking alcohol is what we semi-religious people call a "sin." Just as importantly though, I've never received a compelling answer to my question, "Why should I drink...
Lots of synthetic drugs, for one. (Senior Tutors, that is what we semi-humorous people call a "joke." ) Actually, the key is to master the art of vicarious drunkenness. Step one: when I get to any generic Harvard party, my first stop is the drink table. I pour myself a rum and Coke minus the rum and walk around confidently sipping my beverage. Security comes in knowing that as long as I'm drinking something, I'm invisible among the thronging partygoers. Baaaaaah...
Reich closed with a call to arms to his audience, as he incited them to become leaders in their own right...
What's striking is that these goals are relevant to everyone--call it the "gay-straight agenda." All men, not just gay men, would benefit from improved shuttle service. Faculty diversity is a concern shared by racial and ethnic organizations as well as queer ones. And many of the leaders in the fight for transgender protections and closeted students, whether in the Undergraduate Council, Contact or in the BGLTSA itself, are heterosexual...
DAKAR, Senegal: The French used to be prickly about their colonies. That's why President Clinton, en route to Senegal, made a courtesy call to France's President Jacques Chirac to ensure that his trip wasn?t viewed "as somehow pitting the United States against the French," according to an aide. He needn't have bothered, says TIME Paris bureau chief Tom Sancton: "If anything, the French government would like to get the U.S. more involved in Africa, because France is scaling down its own involvement. France no longer wants to be the gendarme of Africa...