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...unscrupulous gays use it as a "get-out-of-jail-free card" when they decide they want to leave the military early, even if they are not suffering under the policy. Stephen said so many gays use "Don't ask, don't tell" to leave early that commanders routinely overlook even blatant violations, including one incident in which military police actually caught two Army men in bed together...
...each of the 12 houses, without compromising the rich architectural and historical integrity of the buildings. The announcement was greeted enthusiastically, albeit tempered by the knowledge that our children’s generation has more to look forward to than we do. In the meantime, the University should not overlook the current conditions of undergraduate housing. A 15-year renovation project does little to alleviate the substantial problems with sanitation and facilities maintenance facing today’s students...
...housemates. That sense of community with athletes—of support, shared accomplishment, and collective enthusiasm—is unique to Harvard. At no other school where I applied would I have rubbed elbows (and shared a toaster) with a school’s greatest athletes. We often overlook this element of our good fortune at Harvard, so accustomed to excellence that we criticize athletes where we should congratulate them. I admittedly gave Harvard athletes little credit before my father talked some sense in to me. But I’ve been nothing but impressed by the contribution student athletes...
...couples clearly violated equal protection laws. We applaud the Court for recognizing this violation, and for choosing to address it. Some criticize the Court for overruling California’s ban on gay marriage when voters had passed a state-wide initiative upholding it in 2000. However, such arguments overlook the Court’s duty to intervene on behalf of the minority when their rights are at stake. The Court accurately viewed the 2000 initiative—which defined marriage as solely between a man and a woman—as a violation of the rights...
...Hamas official also claimed that the Ashkelon rocket has been a message to the visiting U.S. President not to overlook Palestinian demands. "He is only looking at the Israeli side, but there's a Palestinian face on the other side of the coin," the official told TIME...