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...Bilmes said because her skills are applicable to this one facet of the Iraq war, she continues to be inspired to study budgetary and macroeconomic concerns...
...Harvard Hillel and is sponsored and hosted by the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA), portrays the daily life of Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied Palestinian territories.On Saturday, a crowd of nearly 200 moved from table to table, viewing each collection of photographs portraying a different facet of Israeli military life.With the exhibit running over the next two weeks, contention has risen not betweem Israelis and Palestinians, but within Harvard’s Jewish community itself. CODE OF CONDUCTThe exhibit, which originally opened in Israel in June 2004, has created debate because of its provocative subject matter...
...incarceration for adult black males is one in 15—the rate for black men aged 20-34 is a staggering one in nine. Average prison sentences for crack cocaine, 85 percent of which are given to blacks, are 52 percent longer than sentences for powder cocaine, a facet of the structural racism that is exacerbating the inequality of the prison population. The recent U.S. Supreme court ruling allowing judges to sidestep mandatory minimum drug sentences is a welcome development, but the justice system must undergo further changes to attenuate the rate of imprisonment in our nation. The prison...
...hand, many young people who have unconventional sexual or gender orientations are subject to merciless teasing (and in this case, ultimately death) because of attitudes that schools have not done enough to curtail. If homosexuality were presented to children in schools from a very young age as an acceptable facet of diversity (as race and religion are), we would certainly see a decline in the blindly cruel homophobia of American youth. The death of a 15-year-old in the name of homophobia is an issue that transcends the objections of the religious right. Refusing to discuss homosexuality with children...
...sophomore Doug Rogers said. “Some games you win, some games you lose. I think we have to prepare [for BC] the same way we prepared for the game against Northeastern, just be upbeat in practice, sharp in practice.” If there is one facet of its game that Harvard could stand to improve on as it prepares for the winner-take-all rematch with the Eagles, special teams might be it. While the Crimson was a respectable 2-for-8 on the power play in the teams’ first matchup, BC was able...