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...about sexual relations on campus. “We believe we’re at a unique crossroads in history,” Perkovich said. “Sex has never been quite so visible or quite so dangerous.” The seven-person panel began with a question from Sarah Rankin, director of the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, who asked the audience to guess how many sexual partners the average Harvard student has in a year. Only a handful of attendees guessed zero, but Rankin listed statistics from the National College Health Assessment at Harvard...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pre-frosh Attend Talks on Sex | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...anymore? Why should they add details or throw in a joke when we’re not looking to be interested? Surely, the prospect of lecturing to 200 metallic screens is a discomfiting one, and even more so when they know that an awkward non-response to a question in lecture means that 200 people are logged onto gchat...

Author: By Anita J Joseph | Title: Screening Out Distractions | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...particular denomination, subdenomination or even an individual congregation. Or they might choose based on location or children's activities or the quality of preaching or music or potluck offerings. The concept of church-shopping itself is uniquely American. "'What is your religious preference?' is such an American question," Lugo says. "We can't ask that on surveys in other countries. In most places, religion is an assigned identity. It's part of your family, part of your heritage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Church-Shopping: Why Americans Change Faiths | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...expert on U.S.-Iranian relations, it's too early to read anything definitive into Ahmadinejad's latest statement about Israel. Though Ahmadinejad made the comment in a broadcast with a major U.S. television network reaching millions, Parsi notes, it seemed to come out as the result of a direct question posed by Stephanopoulos rather than as part of a clearly prepared statement. In the interview, Ahmadinejad also emphasized his well-rehearsed proposal for a referendum that he clearly hopes would enable the world's 10 million Palestinians to put an end to Israel's existence through the ballot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Ahmadinejad Softened His Position on Israel? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...them, Parsi says, is concern about whether Obama will be able to muster the political strength to pull off a rapprochement with Iran's leaders. "They are increasingly convinced that Obama is serious and that he is pursuing something that is more strategic than tactical," Parsi says. "But the question remains: Can he deliver on this?" Seen in this context, the jailing of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi on spy charges last week may have been a maneuver by the regime to manufacture a crisis in order to test Obama's true resolve in mending U.S.-Iranian relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Ahmadinejad Softened His Position on Israel? | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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