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...mentor for Harvardians who question their faith or simply don’t believe in God. As faculty advisor to the Harvard Secular Society (HSS), he advises and guides a burgeoning group of atheist, agnostic, and humanist undergraduates. Losing Their ReligionThe kids of the HSS are a closely-knit, opinionated bunch. Its weekly discussion meetings are open to the community, but most of its regulars identify as atheists, with a handful of humanists and agnostics thrown in.Alex N. Harris ‘08, vice president of HSS, estimates that the group consists of “about 60% atheistic Jews...
...meetings are structured, and the informal atmosphere facilitates bonding among the membership.This sense of community is essential to their mission, according to members of the HRCF governing board. Even the Friday night large group meetings strive for openness and don’t follow any rigid rituals. As tightly knit as the HRCF is, they try to make their meetings as welcoming as possible. “We don’t want to be a clique,” Lee says.The HRCF is totally non-denominational, and meetings play host to a range of speakers, and depending on when...
...grave. The parade of turncoats in the racketeering trial of John Gotti Jr. have told of cold murder and dirty money and a celebrity kidnapping. But when Michael (Mikey Scars) DiLeonardo took the stand, he aimed his bombshell directly at gangland's most famous and famously tight-knit family. The defendant's father, he said--the legendary Mafia boss John Gotti Sr.--had a secret second family...
...equally sharp and saucy brand of ironic fashion sense. It is much harder to exemplify irony when you don’t have a mansion left to you for no reason, but these girls do admirably under the circumstances. Often they wear ironically short mini-skirts and cable-knit sweaters in a pastel color. Or, if there’s a theme party, they all ironically wear a bra and a man’s oxford—no matter what the theme is! Ah! How lovely!All of this is done while ironically swigging beer and looking...
...research university" with a tenured faculty whose members were scholars first and teachers second. Research became the university's core purpose, and the faculty is the most powerful constituency, the one Summers ran afoul of. Senior scholars live inside what one might call coalitions of the brilliant--tight-knit, self-regulating global communities within each discipline, oriented around the dream of producing pathbreaking scholarly work...