Word: ideas
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...People realized that this idea of democratic agency, which they have in voting, was taken away," Homaifar says...
...boost from then-outgoing Cardinal Edward Egan of New York, who told a Catholic radio host that the celibacy question was "a perfectly legitimate discussion." He suggested that celibacy might not be a reasonable expectation in every locale. "I am not so sure it wouldn't be a good idea to decide on the basis of geography and culture, not to make an across-the-board determination...
...fundamental to the role of the university in society that access should be as broad as possible,” he said. But he added that some people believe open access is unviable because they think it could affect the business model of subscription-based journals, an idea he called “misguided” in a blog post on the topic. While some faculty members declined to comment because they said they did not feel knowledgeable enough about the new policy, Professor Paul K. Harris said he was pleased with the decision to allow open access...
...Bailey, Zuk and many others have pointed out, no one has offered an adequate evolutionary explanation for the relatively recent development of exclusive homosexuality among humans. In January, the journal Evolution and Human Behavior published a paper exploring the idea that certain alleles increase the likelihood of homosexuality by blocking the effect of androgens during fetal development. Having all those alleles hampers the masculinization of some parts of the brain that affect personality, making you gay, the theory goes. Brothers of gay men who have only some of the alleles would turn out straight but less aggressive than typical guys...
...Similarly, Laurel J. Gabard-Durnam '10, another proctor, said "it doesn't seem like a great idea" to close OSAPR while keeping the Wellness Center open, especially given that, based on past years, a case of sexual assault is almost "guaranteed" to happen during the summer...