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...distribute beer and confiscating all other alcohol—is credited with bringing down the number of hospitalizations from 30 in 2004 to one on Saturday. Both Undergraduate Council President John S. Haddock ’07 and Director of the Alcohol and Other Drug Services Office Ryan Travia claim that this shows how responsible students can be. But the improvements were hardly a result of individuals understanding the dangers of alcohol and making responsible decisions about their own health...
...Americans believe that homosexuality “is just the way that some people prefer to live,” in what is an insidiously easy assumption to make. Haggard’s case, making no excuses for his behavior, is a telling example of precisely why such a claim, widespread as it is, stretches the imagination to no end. When a pious man with everything to lose tries to deny his true nature, yet still fails—and is forced into deception and disgrace by the constraints ofhis religion—then it is time to question those...
...converted to Christianity by the end of the movie). There is also little evidence that Cohen tried to portray his character as a Muslim. Despite all this, a largely subconscious tension exists between the similarity of Borat’s “Muslim” attitudes and his claim not to be an adherent to Islam...
...restitution for their losses.” Collegeboxes Vice President Joshua S. Kowitt said yesterday that such problems are an exception and that the start-up company has satisfied its other Harvard customers. He said the company provided service to 600 students and the percentage of Harvard students making claims was lower than the national average. “I just don’t want to make it out that this is a huge disaster. It’s not,” he said. “We have a few students who are essentially still waiting...
...Ludwig von Pufendorf, director of the Bruecke Museum Foundation in Berlin, was blunt. Kirchner's "Berlin Street Scene" had been the centerpiece of his museum's collection for 26 years; now a poster of the painting hangs in its place. Following a claim initiated by a U.S. lawyer and a decision by the Berlin state government, the Bruecke museum last August handed it over to a London woman, Anita Halpin, the granddaughter of a German shoe manufacturer. Von Pufendorf argues that the painting should never have been restituted. He said it was sold in Germany in 1933, at which point...