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...surprise, the debate included some introspection over whether the council--which for the past three weeks has concentrated solely on issues related to Harvard--ought to be discussing national issues like police brutality in the first place...
This change has serious ramifications for how we deal with intolerance. Rather than deride it and put a blanket over it, perhaps what we really ought to do is bring into the light and draw attention to it. Whether or not Dubya deserves credit for this change is debatable considering he did not express any regret about the policy during his speech. Nevertheless, he had no right to campaign as an environmentalist or as advocate for breast cancer research. If Dubya is going to insist on spending obscene amounts of money on his campaign, the funds should at least...
...article that "the very talented poor will always have a place to go, but the middle is facing increasing problems." Apparently it's unacceptable that the very talented poor are transcending the mediocre middle-class. What? Aren't we running some kind of meritocracy here? We are, and we ought to continue. The purpose of financial aid is to allow qualified students the chance to develop through means which would they would otherwise be denied because of their financial straits. The purpose is to give the best chances to the best students. The purpose is to foster an educational system...
...said the administration ought to respect the wishes of gay students...
While the Egyptian government ought to be commended for its reforms, now is the time for activists to redouble their efforts. For example, without an expansion of opportunity in the workplace, this newfound independence will be virtually meaningless. Furthermore, while laws are easily amended, attitudes are not. Granting women a true position of equality in Islamic societies will depend as much on changing the spirit of the latter as it does it does on changing the letter of the former...