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Academics agree that sexual harassment is not a problem restricted to Harvard, nor certainly to academia. They reiterate that Harvard has dealt with the problem in a more public manner than most other institutions, giving the appearance that the problem is worse than at other schools...
...report, strongly endorsing the effects of Vatican II in the U.S., said that the American church is making headway in advocating social justice, but admitted that there is considerable "confusion over moral issues," including the limits of personal dissent and the role of conscience. The most significant passage dealt with the status of women. Malone, declaring that "particular attention must now be given" to laywomen and sisters, asserted, "Their role in the church and society must be clarified, their rights and dignity must be affirmed, and their advancement to positions of leadership and decision making must continue." He said nothing...
...issue is not cutting costs, or even the control of pornography. Rather, it is one of participatory democracy. The Council has dealt a serious blow to Cambridge's traditionally progressive spirit of voter participation. In a city usually characterized by grassroots activism the referendum process has long held a privileged position, and now is not the time to belittle it. Moreover, we suspect that the democratic voices the Council is most anxious to silence are those of feminists. It seems that, once again, the opinions and grievances of women as communicated by feminist activists will not be heard...
...lost points among undergraduates, and generally failed to establish popularity with them, because of what some described as his distant and overly officious approach to his position. He dealt closely only with a few undergraduates, such as student government delegates. Many students who confronted him with problems about Harvard, in particular some minority group leaders and those dealt a short hand by the Administrative Board, typically said he was less than fully receptive to breaking either College precedent or his own Puritanical sense of right and wrong...
Leib, a first-term committee member, said that the committee has been too "involved in petty details that should be dealt with by administrators...