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...host events on-campus and those who host events at off-campus locales traditionally exempt from the University’s long arm. Harvard’s final clubs, as well as student organizations that own property or regularly host parties off-campus, were reluctant to comment on the matter, citing ongoing talks with the administration. One final club president, who, like others quoted in this article, was granted anonymity to preserve relations with College administrators, says that “Harvard is trying to get the names of these officers...Whether it’s to share the blame...

Author: By S. JESSE Zwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Game Over? | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...Pilbeam, the matter wasn’t up for debate but was rather a requirement of his office. “I am not so naive to think that people underage are going to stop drinking,” he says. “What I am constitutionally charged to do is try to make sure that people come to no harm...

Author: By S. JESSE Zwick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Game Over? | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...blacks’] intelligence is the same as ours—whereas the testing says not really” is clearly out of line. Interracial differences in intelligence have little basis in scientific fact and Watson’s flippant statement solely serves to exacerbate racial tension. For that matter, this is not the first time that Watson’s somewhat radical views have made headlines: In 2003 he received flak for arguing that women should be allowed to abort fetuses if genetic testing reveals they have a predisposition for homosexuality. But while Watson would be a poor choice...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: In the Name of Science | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...While there is nothing inherently wrong with a group using clothing to promote their student organization’s event, there are several things wrong with WIB’s choice of motto. The slogan undermines a fundamental principle of the model workplace: Your looks ought not to matter when it comes to your career prospects. Acknowledging the fact that showing up to your job at an investment bank in sweatpants and Birkenstocks would be a poor move, what matters most in a job is how well you do it, not how well you dress...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Lay Off The Heels, WIB | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

...Pornography and Popular Culture,” Pound Visiting Professor of Law Catherine A. MacKinnon criticized the encroachment of pornography into everyday life. The belief that pornography operates underground, she said, causes people to ignore obscene material that is right under their noses. “No matter how real and harmful pornography gets, it seems to live in this parallel universe where everything that happens is rendered harmless and unreal,” said MacKinnon, who was invited by the Committee on Women, Gender, and Sexuality and by the College’s Women’s Center. MacKinnon...

Author: By Diane J. Choi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof Condemns Pornography | 10/23/2007 | See Source »

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