Word: idea
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While I agree with the underlying idea that statements in the classroom must be contested and that timely liberalism is a respectable project, Kovacevich's "condescending liberal" attitude only ignores and at worst reinforces racism in society...
...While I agree with the underlying idea that statements in the classroom must be contested and that timely liberalism is a respectable project, Kovacevich's "condescending liberal" attitude only ignores and at worst reinforces racism in society...
...short run, this may mean voting against the term bill hike in the April referendum, unless the council is prepared to reconsider (and approve) downsizing between now and then. Short of a "constitutional convention" to draft an all-new student government--not a bad idea in itself--this kind of pressure may be the only route students have to making the council accountable and legitimate. And once legitimacy is attained, even just a little legitimacy, a lot more will be possible than doling out dollars to student groups. Geoffrey C. Upton '99 is a social studies concentrator in Leverett House...
That romantic love is a route to moral perfection is an idea that few civilizations have shared with our own. Arranged marriages are the norm in many non-Western cultures, and in India, for instance, contemporary young people have voluntarily returned to the tradition of arranged marriage because they believe such arrangements usually make for more stable families...
...What the IOC does next, however, will be the real determinant of its sincerity. Will the IOC be willing to make meaningful institutional changes? "Most committee members don't like the current reform idea of handing over the site selection process to a smaller group of officials," says Chua-Eoan. "Everyone wants to stay involved." A smaller group, however, could be more closely monitored and more systematically insulated from the current freelance operations of gift-giving and gift-taking. "Simply getting rid of a few people without changing the system will not accomplish much," says Chua-Eoan. "We need...