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...student safety (which UKA can affect), some Masters’ adamant opposition seems incomprehensible. One can only conclude that some abstract notion of House autonomy has trumped concerns for the safety of Harvard’s students. This is entirely unacceptable; the College should consider pressuring recalcitrant Masters who insist on restricting access to open their doors to all undergraduates
...certain to intensify Palestinian fury against Israel and the U.S. "The assassination was the outcome of the Bush-Sharon meeting," said Abdullah Shami, a leader of Islamic Jihad. A Palestinian official in Gaza said protesters were calling for retaliation against "American interests." U.S. officials take a different view. They insist Arab leaders had prior warning of the pact. "The rest of the [peace] process is going nowhere fast," notes a senior State Department official. "This is something real--moving people, tanks and troops." Perhaps, but just days after the deal was made came the bloody reminder that removing violence from...
Ramadan's fans insist that his modernist message is genuine. Some Americans will soon get a chance to judge for themselves. In September he is scheduled to teach a course at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for International Peace Studies called Religion & Conflict. --By Bruce Crumley
While the officers of Hammered say they encourage students to pursue non-alcohol related activities, they insist that they never preach to students about their alcohol consumption. “We try to stay neutral. All we do is offer an alternative. We don’t say it’s bad and we don’t say it’s wrong,” says Matt N. Finkel, the soft-spoken but confident president of the organization. Among other activities, the members of Hammered played beer pong with broccoli (as opposed to beer) for a promotional...
...game fairly," the case is harder to deal with, though only a relatively few men may be involved. Most clubs are exclusive precisely in order that men of this stamp may be kept out. We are trying to run the Union on a generous democratic basis, and we insist that every Harvard man who wants them should enjoy the privileges of the House. If we are to succeed, two things are essential; every man must be willing to combine with his pleasure of private ownership an admission of joint ownership, and take no unfair advantage; and we must...