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...sense that the percentage of women is lower, but cannot vouch for this in any convincing way. A guess based on my experience here puts the number of gay people who are "out" at about one-third. I feel certain that the percentage of gay students still in the closet at Harvard is particularly high. I attended a public university in Ontario for one year and many more of the gay people were out there. This may not be evidence to permit to draw any conclusions about Harvard, but I don't pretend to be scientific; I am being subjective...
...question is raised, if the homosexuals here respect themselves and recognize their fundamental right to be homosexual, then why are there so many in the closet? The answers to this would probably equal the number responding. One would fear the reaction from our conservative traditional colony here. Another is merely too shy. But I feel that a problem inherent to Harvard would frequently occur as a reason: students at this school seem to mark off success and worthiness by distinctiveness of professional degree, and, even more importantly, by size of annual income. In this environment of good business thinkers, where...
Rather than seeing the disabled as freaks let out of a closet, able-bodied children may now see the disabled as their peers. They will learn with them, play with them and come to understand both their gifts and their inabilities...
Harvard fundraisers have a closet full of cliche metaphors to describe their financial goals and dilemmas and for the last few years "getting off the plateau" has been the fundraisers' key phrase...
...surface appearance of Valentino copies Russell's energies, at some loss to the personalities of his principal characters, and their motivations in entering the movie business. We see the baubles and caprices that filled their lives, but their inner thoughts basically remain a mystery. Aside from noting Valentino's closet dream of one day owning an orange grove and the star's dated brand of romanticism. Russell never provides Valentino with a full character...