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...difficult to believe that we really can tell the distance light has traveled when we perceive it. I don't believe in the Big Bang any more than I buy the parting of the Red Sea. The supposed noise from the Big Bang could just be noise from everyday creation and destruction occurring in the universe. Unfortunately, a lot of science and religion has evolved into fantasies that provide grandiose explanations for questions that might never be answered. Richard Thomas Rowlett, Texas...
Many compelling reasons have been offered for the creation of our center. It will provide space and resources for women’s organizations on campus. It will enhance opportunities for leadership development, mentoring, networking, and visibility of women’s projects and issues. And it will provide a space where all students can come together to respectfully learn from one another about gender and the impact it has on our lives, whether they are female, male, or other-gendered...
...Though the creation of the new center was viewed as victory for many, attempts to allocate a centralized space for women has lasted for over three decades...
...nary a footnote about plans to mitigate their consequences. That’s just plain stupid.For a university that has always been damned good at marketing itself to alumni and potential donors, Harvard is astoundingly inept at explaining simple policy changes to its own students.Take as an example the creation of Harvard’s new peer-advising program, of which I am fortunate to be a part. Last year, instead of announcing that the popular, 25-year-old Prefect Program would henceforth be better funded and better trained than ever before, the College simply said that the program would...
...likely is it that anyone else could do better? There's no longer anything on the event horizon to suggest any prospect of imminent turnaround. Previously, U.S. officials could reinforce the Bush Administration's "stay the course" message by pointing to forthcoming handovers of power or elections, the creation of a national unity government or the killing of the terrorist Zarqawi as potential watershed moments. But all those milestones have long been passed, and still the insurgency rages, sectarian killings are at an all-time high, reconstruction remains hobbled by the security situation and a slide toward civil war threatens...