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...field. Dawkin’s thesis is simple: wherever there are self-replicating “things” of any sort that exhibit 1) heritibility of traits, 2) variation, and 3) differential reproductive success, that Darwinian evolution is the inevitable logical outcome. In other words, given these three criteria, survival of the fittest takes over and produces “things” that are more and more suited to their environments. To illustrate his point Dawkins describes what he calls “memes,” self-replicating ideas that live in the heads of human beings...
...exchange for our dearest ideals, racial profiling would not have prevented Sept. 11. Photos of the suspected hijackers reveal a heterogeneous group, diverse enough to ensure that most would pass through just about any racial criteria. Perhaps if only unquestionably Caucasian passengers were let through, we could have kept most of the Sept. 11 terrorists off those planes. But that screening process would be a logistical nightmare—no planes would ever leave the ground. And we need only consider Oklahoma City to realize that race-based security will not protect us against terrorism in the long-term...
...Each department has different criteria and needs for their students and their curriculum, so I don’t think we should expect there to be a ‘one size fits all’ solution for the question of study abroad,” Fash says...
...body composed of University administrators, faculty and student representatives selected by the Undergraduate Council, voted unanimously to approve the social club as a student group. Their discussion addressed concerns about the criteria for club membership and the question of social clubs’ use of the College’s scarce student group space...
...understandable for Harvard to want student groups to be open to all students, and the above groups could provide good reasons for their exclusive policies. But once explicitly social groups such as the Pudding are countenanced—once their membership criteria are recognized, in practice if not in theory, as acceptable—it becomes very difficult for the College to prohibit discrimination based on any reason at all. Harvard can certainly take a stand against unreasoned restrictions that denigrate others’ personal worth, or against discrimination based on a flawed stereotype (such as if the math club...