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Regardless of whether the angry students at Wednesday's lecture wish to believe that Emerson is in fact a "zionist puppet," his documentary stands on its own. First, it is essential to point out that the film begins and ends with explicit statements acknowledging that the overwhelming majority of Muslims are not associated with militant groups. In the body of his work, Emerson presents direct recordings--the authenticity of which have never been disputed--of Islamic fundamentalists meeting on American soil, often under the guise of benign humanitarian or cultural banners, celebrating the use of violence against Westerners...
...Crimson's discomfort with the BGTLSA's militancy has to do with a socially acceptable, yet morally wrong, attitude that accepts the conceptual idea of homosexuality yet rejects actual sexual manifestation. I am incredibly disappointed that The Crimson's staff has chosen such a weak and uninteresting position. Sexually explicit BGTLSA posters have a larger cultural point which is relevant and necessary. The Crimson's own reaction to these posters indicates a radical difference between the ways in which gay and straight sexuality are viewed on campus...
...like any student group, it has not escaped its share of problems. Last year, the stability of its leadership was marred by an election scandal. More seriously, it has increasingly been criticized for its failure to represent the full-breadth of its constituency in its use of aggressive and explicit advertising which has made some members feel excluded from the organization...
This approach was best captured by the Coming Out Day posters graphically celebrating various sexual practices. While we do not favor censoring postering on campus, we feel that these sexually explicit posters were inappropriate for an open campus that families and children wander through, and may have been counterproductive to causes the BGLTSA wishes to advance. It is clear that the strategy leaves many gay students feeling alienated from the BGLTSA and we are glad that a new group has stepped up to fill those students' needs...
Massachusetts, as a state, has the third highest number of residents without any explicit protections of genetic information. Implementation of genetic information regulations will not only remove this blemish but will also protect individuals in a time when genetic information will only become more commonplace...