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Though complaints about meals are common in d-halls across campus, many students have seized the opportunity to gain some of HUDS’ wisdom. As Alex Yang ’10 said, “Seeing the inner workings of HUDS made me gain a lot of respect for them...
Even the most sought-after girls, who never struggle to gain admission to exclusive parties, get, as Schuyler aptly put it, "second-class citizenship" in the final club nation. A world of male hosts and female guests creates a fundamental asymmetry in gender relations. Women can’t return the hospitality that is constantly bestowed upon them. Since they don’t have social space of their own to give or withhold, they’re simply expected to, as one female student put it, "smile and look pretty...
...worse. When new arrivals break an organization’s homogeneity, something gets left behind, because it’s easier to exist in an environment free from the tensions created by difference. But ultimately, the inclusion of more diverse perspectives also makes for a richer community, and this gain more than compensates for the discomfort of no longer being surrounded by faces that look just like your own. Final clubs were surely more "cohesive" in a certain sense back when they admitted only the Andover-bred scions of wealthy white families, but it was a lazy cohesion sustained...
...underdogs, the Liberal Democrats have nothing to lose and much to gain. As for Labour, its coffers are empty, and debates, paid for by the broadcasters, represent free air time. "I relish the opportunity to debate the issues and to set out my vision," said Brown. (See a TIME video with Gordon Brown...
...main threats to stability now, says Quinn-Judge, is a rift in the ruling government, which lacks a charismatic leader and "is not speaking with one voice." The more hard-line elements in their ranks are calling for harsh methods to gain full control of the country and put Bakiyev on trial. "I very much hope the regime is not going to move against him. The last thing a very fledgling and inchoate regime needs is to start relying on shooters," Quinn-Judge said by phone from Bishkek. Whether the opposing forces turn to violence or not, Kyrgyzstan is still...