Word: expression
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...although he says he's "not recanting" his old arguments about homosexuality, his new job demands that he express "where the consensus of our Church is," rather than press for change. Even though Williams himself doesn't see sexuality as of "first-order" theological importance, he believes so many Christians do that pro-gay measures must be preceded by a broad shift in consensus. He portrays the U.S. church as having failed at this - and Robinson's election as perhaps dangerously myopic. Williams reports complaints from Egyptian Christians that their churches are being denounced - or, he hints, threatened - by Muslim...
...result, I invited everyone at Harvard, including faculty members from Arts and Sciences, to express their opinions,” he wrote in a statement to The Crimson last week. Despite some skepticism, Bok said that 88 percent faculty across campus favored reform...
...also a lover of aesthetics. She is a painter, sports a nose ring and is decked in a dozen colorful bracelets. And as of last week, she has, forever inked above her heart, a flower with fists in place of stamen. “It’s to express the fact that dissent is very natural and organic,” she explains. “Dissent is really beautiful.” —Staff writer Robin M. Peguero can be reached at peguero@fas.harvard.edu...
...favor (and funds) from alumni. That policy, legacy preference, gives a tip in the admissions process to applicants whose parents attended Harvard. To paraphrase John Stuart Mill, alumni children gain this advantage by the mere fact of being born. University officials say the legacy preference policy is meant to express gratitude toward alumni, who serve as interviewers for the admissions committee and who donate hundreds of millions of dollars to Harvard each year. But Harvard has never asked its alumni whether they support such a policy. My guess is that many—perhaps most?...
...going to be a genius at this because he’s an engineer,” Faust said in a phone interview on Monday. FACULTY CONCERNSAlthough the calendar reforms proposed by the Verba committee have gained unanimous support from deans across the University, some members of FAS have expressed concerns over Bok’s decision not to allow the University’s faculties to vote on the changes. “Given that the case for calendar change should be based on its academic advantages, it is the kind of thing that should be voted...