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First, the U.S. still needs to establish and sustain the security in Iraq—a responsibility it originally assigned itself but has never accomplished. Only we can do this. But without enough manpower and better logistics and equipment to intimidate the insurgency, the resistance forces have erupted and now will be much harder to put down. Despite the still concealed but ever-growing budget for Iraq, more troops are required to quash current violence and deter further insecurity. To pursue our continuing military obligations on the cheap endangers both our soldiers and the chances for avoiding real civil...
Thirteen campus groups, including Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS), the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Athena Theatre Company and others, recently lobbied the Undergraduate Council for support to establish a Women’s Center at Harvard. The proposal, which has been front and center in a number of campus groups’ activism, would set aside two rooms in Hilles Library after its impending renovation. But while the proposed women’s center addresses some very valid concerns of Harvard women, it does so in only the most cosmetic way. We agree with many...
Sichel says a greater number of women at the College could influence her organization’s mission to establish a centralized location for women’s resources...
...House bill, H.R. 3966, was introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala. Under Rogers’ proposal, the secretary of defense could ask any school receiving federal funds to allow the Pentagon to establish a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit on campus. If the school refuses, the Pentagon could cut off nearly all federal funding to the university...
...establishing a women’s center, Harvard would fulfill a pressing and unmet need on campus. Groups dealing with women’s and gender-related issues have been calling for a central space for upwards of thirty years. When a center existed at Harvard in the 1970s, it was frequented by dozens of women a day. Its failure had nothing to do with its usage rate and everything to do with the lack of funding and support from the administration. Today, Harvard students are still waiting for that support. Over a dozen groups have signed...