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...think about it, there are few things in the world today that hinder the growth of relationships and love, heterosexual or homosexual, like sexual violence. Even though we don’t hear much about sexual violence, which includes unwanted touching or penetration, it is something that is happening, to our friends, our lovers, and even some of us. The National College Women Sexual Victimization Study (2000) has estimated that between 1 in 4 and 1 in 5 college women experience completed or attempted rape during their college years, and it is estimated that between 80 to 90 percent...
...continue our struggle to solve the problem of the under-representation of women in the sciences, we should not hinder these efforts by assuming that this disparity is caused by biological factors that are beyond institutional control. We have not yet reached a place where each individual can be judged solely on her merits, and until we do, there is more work to be done...
While the new structure of these deanships is promising in its vision, as always, the administration must take care to maintain a clear focus on student needs. Gross must be wary of creating bureaucratic cobwebs that hinder more than they help; after all, appointing new deans is not a solution in itself, but simply a mechanism for putting the spotlight on an important issue. The test will be in the changes themselves. In his time so far as dean of the College, Gross has followed in Lewis’ footsteps by listening well to students, speaking openly with them...
...thousands of crank calls a year, and there are thousands more disruptive passengers who turn out to be drunks, not terrorists." Ken Maxwell, a former counterterrorism official who is now vice president of security for JetBlue Airways, says he is "very concerned" that the new TSA rules will hinder security...
These short-sighted, stricter travel limits will inevitably hinder Harvard’s newfound—and critically important—goal of providing students with a broader, international perspective. To cite one regional example: now that Lebanon and Yemen are off-limits, students wishing to travel to the Middle East are left to choose between the Gulf, Jordan and Egypt. Cynics may contend that these countries can bestow enough perspective on the Middle East to suffice, but we suggest that these cynics try convincing a Lebanese national that his culture is exactly the same as Jordan?...