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There is a serious problem in the 2000 presidential race: every Democrat I know supports Bill Bradley. Many of the Republicans support John McCain. Perhaps these early endorsements don't seem like a problem, especially considered in the context of the questionable newspaper coverage of candidates, the irrational tendency to pick a winner before the race has begun, and the sensational attention devoted to the dramatically divergent fundraising fortunes of the various candidates...
...notion that students might be somehow discontented at Harvard is not a particularly radical idea. Nor is it worthwhile to pursue the topic without refining such vague generalizations. Still, Purdy's remarks may be illuminating when placed in the broader context offered by his recent book, For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today...
...type of irony I find most troublesome is not in the attitude exhibited by Harvard students towards particular political or social agendas. Rather, it is in the context that we seem to view our own world at Harvard. It is an ironic sentiment at the heart of our discontent with Harvard's academic and House life...
...expressions of homophobia are especially significant in that they occurred within the context of Harvard's randomized Houses, which are themselves organized around the notion of a placid diversity. This diversity is one that is in fact all about sameness through the controlled introduction of difference with the express purpose of assimilation. The phantasmatic nature of that equivalence-through-admixture is borne out by the recent homophobic actions of those who would entirely reject any affinity (real or imagined) with queers. Proximity is not dialogue...
...existing groups should not all be dissolved; there is legitimate justification for most of the groups' outreach to their specific communities. Rather, they need to create a network to enable Christians to have their specific needs addressed, while still in the larger context of the citywide, nationwide and worldwide Christian community...