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...smile on his face because he was beating that drum and he never missed a beat,” she said. That determination continues to his musical endeavors today. Terrelonge is a tenor with the Harvard Din & Tonics, and he used to sing with Under Construction, a Christian a capella group. A former BGLTSA social chair, he also works with Building on Diversity (BOND) to organize social events for non-heterosexual students, in part because he did not come out until his freshman year at Harvard. ”I didn’t know a lot of black males...
Meghan E. Grizzle ’07 sits at a counter in the Greenhouse Café, racking her brain to choose three words that best describe her. After a minute of careful thought, she slowly says, “Conservative. Christian. Woman.” On a mostly liberal campus, Grizzle’s views make her an untraditional countercultural figure. Over the past three years she has become a leader among the minority of students that fights to defend conservative principles. Raised in Orange County, Calif., Grizzle grew up with strong conservative values. “At home, everybody...
...force co-chair and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons wrote in an e-mail.“The other categories can easily accommodate descriptive issues concerning the social, political and personal roles that religion has played,” Simmons wrote.Only one speaker at the meeting, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, lamented the requirement’s demise. He said that the decision to scrap the “Reason and Faith” requirement was caused by “fears—of Jesuits under beds and priests in every corner?...
...most people in this country, the annual celebration of Christmas is a highly anticipated and treasured tradition. The reason for the existence of Christmas, which is commonly understood to be a celebration of the birth of Christ, has its origins in Christianity. But according to separate reports from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and Fox News, while only about 77 percent of Americans identify their religion as Christian, 96 percent of the people in this country celebrate Christmas each year. Ultimately, that means that around 80 percent of non-Christians are actively participating in what...
...some, it is unclear exactly what these non-Christians think they are doing when they wish each other "Merry Christmas," and head down to Sears to pick up a few red and green sweaters (50 percent off) for their spouse and children. After all, they say, "Jesus is the reason for the season." And what do those atheists down the street or the Hindu kid in Tommy’s kindergarten class know about Jesus? Nothing, that’s what. And so they have no business participating in this Christian tradition if they aren’t going...