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...university as “Godless Harvard” for years to come. Current undergraduates hail from 80 countries with faiths ranging from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism. There are 29 chaplaincies and 30 religious student organizations on campus. Yet there is only one church and one minister to preside over major university events: Both are Protestant...
...akin to the Harvard Hillel or the Catholic Student Center at St. Paul’s Church—is unrealistic. Memorial Church is favored not only because of its place in the center of Harvard Yard, but also because of Reverend Gomes’s presence at major university events. Although Gomes has done an exemplary job of negotiating this role in the past 30 years and building Memorial Church to the dynamic institution it is today, it is time for the church to lose its denominational affiliation...
...released last week promises to give students everything from 24-hour dining halls to more soundproof bedrooms. The House Program Planning Committee has gone to lengths to address a broad array of problems, involving both the structure of the Houses themselves and the general organization of House life. The major initiatives laid out in the report seem positive and, if renewal proceeds along these lines, prospective students can look forward to joining better-equipped, more cohesive Houses...
...know, nobody made feminists more angry than you did. At one debate, Betty Friedan said to you, "I'd like to burn you at the stake." In 1972 the feminist movement made the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment their major goal, and they had every advantage. They had three Presidents, Nixon, Ford and Carter, [behind them]. They had all the governors. They had 99% of the media. They had organizations, they had Hollywood stars, movie stars, and they felt I was responsible for not letting them get what they wanted. So they were mad about...
Groves must be confirmed by the Senate - a likely prospect, given the Democratic majority on Capitol Hill. As far as next year's Census is concerned, it appears that Republican fears over Groves are unfounded. Insiders say it's too late now to introduce statistical sampling into the count, and new Commerce Secretary Gary Locke essentially ruled it out during his own confirmation hearing. But Groves and his statistical models could still play a major role shaping the Census of the future...