Word: classroom
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...taken up the crusade. It goes without saying that this campus sorely needs a student center. Only 72 of 241 student groups have offices, and most of those "offices" might more accurately be described as cramped cubicles. They are too small to host meetings and the decentralized nature of classroom scheduling makes it difficult to make alternative arrangements...
...this argument--that there is no room for men in a class about "feminist ethics"--is flawed. Today's co-educational academic community runs against the long-asserted idea that women learn best in an classroom consisting completely of other women...
...considering the federal statute for a minute, it is evident Daly's ideal classroom for "Introduction to Feminist Ethics" has not a legal leg to stand upon. Title IX was designed to promote gender equality in education; and while in 1972 the intention was to prevent discrimination against women, it by no means should be used to tip the scales in the other direction for no apparent reason. Perhaps if Boston College had a class entitled "Achieving Manhood: A Celebration of the Male Gender" that turned away female students because they were considered a corrupting influence on debate at large...
...comparison to this ideal, Daly's need for her course to consist of only women smacks of an ulterior political motive. Ultimately, it is not that there is something wrong with her "radical" views on feminism; it is that she is using the exclusion of men from classroom as a means to promote these views in an arena that has nothing to do with academics...
...easy to take responsibility for personal foibles, but when parents interject themselves into your life, all control is lost. Parents let loose in the classroom makes for grim ego destruction. Two former Crimson executives tell all. Drake P. Bennett '99 was mortified as his "dad came to one of my lectures and then he asked the professor a question! It was, like, soooo embarrassing!!!" Poor T.J. Keheller '99, seemingly had a similar reaction to his parental interactions. "Sadly enough, approximately the same thing happened to me. My dad was actually charmed by Dean of College Harry Lewis, and, although Drake...