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...disturbing that only a tiny fraction of the total number of acquaintance rapes that occur on the Harvard campus are reported to the Ad Board. But while Deans Jewett and Wolcowitz may not be sufficiently sympathetic to students confronted by unwanted sexual advances, the policies and standards of the Ad Board pose a far larger hurdle for victims to overcome. Under the College's present disciplinary system, a finding that a date rape took place will always be a rare occurence...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Cases Difficult | 10/30/1990 | See Source »

Thirty-five of last year's 88 Undergraduate Council representatives are running for reelection this year. The following is a list of the number of full meetings they missed. A fraction indicates the representative was absent for part of a meeting. (Members may be ejected from the assembly if they miss more than four of the weekly meetings in one semester.) The statistics were provided by the Undergraduate Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Do You Know Where Your Rep Was? | 10/4/1990 | See Source »

...feel a little strange giving you advice because we haven't completely figured out Harvard ourselves. Even as seniors, we have experienced only a fraction of the courses, extracurriculars and social opportunities here. The array is bewildering, but remember that this embarrassment of riches means that you can craft any college experience you want...

Author: By Kenji Yoshino, | Title: You Get More Than You Paid for... | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...aren't conservatives these days clamoring for the restoration of a free market instead of clamoring to open up fragile strips of America's coastline? What sense is there in wrecking Alaska to get at $30 or $40 oil when it flows out of the Saudi desert for a fraction of that cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Why Are We in Saudi Arabia? | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

...attack against even a fraction of these targets "would cause the Soviet Union to cease functioning as a society," says Stanford professor Scott Sagan, a former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Yet arms expert Janne Nolan of the Brookings Institution contends that the "American political leadership is not aware of the enormous destruction envisioned in the military plans." The point is illustrated by official estimates of what would happen to the U.S. if the Soviets launched a surprise attack of 3,000 warheads, a mere quarter of their inventory. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Doomsday Machine | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

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