Word: fox
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Wise Virgin's plot is about the balance between promiscuity and monasticism, and between innocence and cynicism. Witness the title: to modern lascivious ears, "wise virgin" sounds like an innocent losing here naivete. But in the "Treatise of Heavenly Love," the pet project of a medievalist named Giles Fox, the phrase refers to the Gospel parable of the wise and foolish virgins. Those who have "kept burning that holy light of virginity in their lamps can present themselves spotless to their Lord and Lover," says the thirteenth-century sermon, but their concupiscent comrades will be damned by their "fleshly lusts...
...Giles Fox's half of this story consists more of his melancholy memories than with his bizarre relationship with Louise. In transporting us to Giles' past, the narrator spends a painfully large amount of space telling us what Giles used to feel, rather than scenes he once...
...Board can function better without dealing with political situations," said Dean of the College John B. Fox '59, chairman of the Ad Board...
...problem lies with Horner's statement. Her remarks are admirable enough; her strongly-worded statement, which goes farther than that of Bok or Fox in questioning the underlying attitudes suggested by the newsletter, reflects what is clearly a deep and genuine concern for the respect of women and all students. But while the content of the message is admirable, its timing is not. Under considerable pressure in 1977 to merge with Harvard, Radcliffe administrators held out for independent status, claiming that women at Harvard would continue to need an organization committed first and foremost to their needs. Horner...
...little disappointing that Horner issued not the first, but the last official denunciation of the Pi Eta Club's newsletter, which referred to women as "slobbering bovines" and employed violent sexual imagery. Curious too, in light of Horner's own praise for the strong responses from Bok and Fox, saying such an official response is "reassuring" and "essential for restoring the confidence in the basic civility of this community...