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...initial proposal, the fight for formal recognition was revived.Since that smaller victory, BGLTSA and the TTF are after a much greater one. They are again urging the administration to include protections for “gender identity and expression” in the University’s non-discrimination charter, which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of “race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability.” The TTF, which now has members appointed by the University, has worked alongside allies like the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian...
...right. The people of St. Louis are about to have their will abrogated by a board set up to protect the Confederacy from rabble-rousing supporters of Abraham Lincoln. Though much has changed in the last 144 years, a large part of St. Louis’s charter can still be traced to the political situation at the outbreak of the Civil War, when its large population of anti-slavery German immigrants—the mid-19th century equivalent of today’s “dangerous radicals”—made St. Louis a significant threat...
...That was my own impression early on Saturday morning as I and about a hundred members of the press flew into Islamabad on an accompanying press charter. This planned capital, with its broad boulevards, was completely empty save for troops lining the road. Still, when the U.S. embassy official on my bus urged us all to stay close to our hotel, there was some nervous laughter. The press corps may fancy itself to be tough, but no one needed persuading to stay within well defined security zones...
...University unveiled a new partnership with the federal government’s Indian Health Service (IHS) last week that echoes the goal to educate “English and Indian youth” outlined in Harvard’s 1650 charter. IHS is a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. Provost Steven E. Hyman and Charles W. Grim, assistant surgeon general and director of IHS, signed a memorandum of understanding on Feb. 21 announcing that they will be collaborating on an effort to improve the health of the country’s Native American population...
Although the op-ed’s condemnation of Hamas’ election is hopeful, its irresponsible simplification of contemporary politics and historical inaccuracies are dangerous. So long as Hamas’ charter calls for the obliteration of Israel through physical force, its electoral victory should be cause for extreme concern...