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...Students Association (GSA) did not get from the Faculty Council quite what it wanted--adoption of a proposal calling on the University to forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Instead, the council this week agreed to discourage harassment against gay people on campus and to reaffirm non-discrimination in admissions policy. Although the council took no formal vote on the proposal--for which GSA members lobbied at the council's meeting last week--a straw vote showed broad support among council members for including a statement in material distributed to potential applicants to the College saying that Harvard...
...that after 15 years or so, the president of the University is not yet ready to abandon Harvard's principle of diversity in admissions. And although some members of the community still quietly question the legitimacy of Afro-American studies as a discipline, it is encouraging to see Bok reaffirm his commitment...
...Clearly prepared for the outbreak, a composed Juan Carlos turned it to advantage. At one point he smiled mischievously, goading the protesters to sing louder. Then, with order restored, he took command with an eloquent gesture of national reconciliation. "Faced with those who practice intolerance of free expression, I reaffirm my faith in democracy and confidence in the Basque people," he told the cheering audience, and went on to legitimize nonviolent Basque nationalism...
...become gay ourselves. For some, great affection for a friend of the same sex may cause this worry. For others, it may be less conscious. But, social attitudes toward homosexuality magnify this worry into a horror. Some respond to it with derision or hostility to gays, hoping this will reaffirm their heterosexuality. But most simply try to crowd any thought of homosexuality out of their heads. That creates another source of hostility to gays: ignorance. Shutting homosexuality out of our world fosters the same fear and mistrust of the alien that has always led people to hate each other...
...needs more bands that kick down our doors and shatter our complacency. Give us the unrestrained Sex Pistols doing "Johnny B. Goode," forgetting the lyrics. Or Dylan or Springsteen, moving toward some poetic vision, trying to find a way to reaffirm life in the face of death. Leave the dildo to Steely Dan, to those who can't enjoy real...