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...mixed-gender housing, reports that Penn has not seen any increase in sexual-assault-related problems due to the availability of mixed-gender housing. Based on these findings, we have no reason to believe that the situation would be any different at Harvard.There may be alumni, parents, and a portion of the public that does not approve of mixed-gender housing. We would like to remind the College administration, however, that this is our housing and not theirs. Just as their opinions on vegetarianism ought not to dictate our dining hall offerings, nor should their opinions on housing dictate...
Naturally, this debate would be nothing without the portion of the student body perpetually afraid of the homosexual political agenda, of which the proposed policy change is a clear manifestation. There is little I can say or do to ease these phobias, except to add—perhaps in jest—that the new initiative to allow men and women to room together would be a promotion of heterosexuality, while the current system of same-sex rooming seems the gayest...
...television can help break the stranglehold of hatred and recrimination. Yet while Meiring says the trc was a vital part of "our healing" and "profoundly important in creating a new South Africa," he also recognizes that it was an extraordinarily painful process to many South Africans. A good portion of the country's whites considered the trc a witch hunt, and some blacks still resent the idea of amnesty. To work, the process requires certain prerequisites: near saintly leadership, a genuine commitment to uncover the truth, however ugly, behind crimes and "a sense that forgiveness is balanced by justice." Then...
...funding for urban parks like Cambridge Common, to levels that are 33 percent below 2001 levels. Harvard’s proposed expansion to Allston? Mass. governmental bodies will leave a significant imprint on how the project as a whole is completed, from zoning laws to labor regulations. A large portion of the future of Harvard is in the hands of politicians, and if students want to have a say in that future, they should speak...
...popular and unpopular viewpoints must have an opportunity to be vetted. Summers also stressed the need to ensure that employers are “fishing in the largest possible lake” when they are looking for women leaders. “Those who deny themselves access to a portion of a pool of talent are not just discriminating or being unfair,” he said. “They are sacrificing their opportunity to be excellent.” At Harvard, Summers said the University can make progress by alleviating responsibilities for families with young children. Summers said...