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...freezing of the UC’s funding, which, unsurprisingly, didn’t help anything.The unproductive conflict reached its zenith in Petersen’s installation speech, in which he railed against the “disempowerment” and “denial of student citizenship?? that he perceived in Pilbeam’s actions. While Petersen’s points may have had a trace of validity, his choice of words at the historic occasion of Faust’s inauguration was in bad taste and only served to further turn faculty and administrative opinion...
...equality—not just those in uniform—should be deeply embarrassed by the profound systemic discrimination that DADT embodies. What kind of liberal democracy, after all, can passively abide what Faust rightly described last week as “a badge of degradation or second-class citizenship?? for gay Americans...
...coup de grâce for a larger audience. Standing opposite an audience of students, faculty, and alumni on that soggy October day, Petersen delivered a shameful harangue, condescending to University President Drew G. Faust upon her installation and demanding that the “denial of student citizenship?? end immediately...
...standoff ensued. Now we are told a compromise has been reached. The result? The UC will not fund alcohol purchases for student-thrown parties.The only difference seems to be that while the UC was busy passionately denouncing the College’s violation of “student citizenship?? in early October, it now seems perversely satisfied. On the UC’s e-mail list, representative Brian S. Gillis ’08 went so far as to claim that the new party fund agreement represented “one of the greatest victories in UC history...
...interdisciplinary conference. “And we have something even more interesting, which is, we are continually moving between language and dance.”BHABHA AND BOUNDARIES“Tango!” was originally conceived in 2004 when Bhabha organized a conference on “cultural citizenship?? in his capacity as Senior Advisor for the Humanities at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. At the time, our newly-installed Harvard University President was still in charge of the Institute, and the conference reflects her commitment to the arts, Bhabha says.“It started when...