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...also receive a lot of requests from my readers, asking that I write about certain topics that they suggest. The subject of today’s column, for instance, was suggested in the comments section of thecrimson.com by a young man named Anonymous. I’m a little confused as to why he was so generous this time in proposing such a good topic to me, as usually Anonymous is one of my most outspoken critics. Another reader, “Jim from Lowell House,” sent me a request to write about the urinal...
...superficial way,” Petersen said. The UC plans to submit the list of grievances to Interim Dean of the Faculty David Pilbeam, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, and President-elect Drew G. Faust today, and Petersen said the UC will request that they respond within a week. Students at last night’s meeting said they would seek to gain student representation on the Administrative Board, the 35-member committee that examines undergraduate cases of academic and disciplinary misconduct. Gross said last month that he is considering undertaking a review...
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...pain and perpetuate negative stereotypes. But so do “whore,” “trick,” “chickenhead,” and the dozens of other demeaning names many rappers call women in their songs. Why didn’t Simmons request the removal of those words, too? And what about anti-gay epithets? Does Simmons think they are less hurtful than anti-woman epithets? (If you’ve seen Byron Hurt’s excellent documentary, “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,” you?...
...life in the Allston community. Many of the community’s suggestions for public space, such as burying Soldiers Field Road, improving bridges over the Charles, and beautifying the area, are ideas that will benefit Harvard as well. Naturally, Harvard cannot, and should not try, to meet every request the community makes. Some proposals, such as providing daycare, are not good matches for Harvard’s resources or its mission as an educational institution. Focusing improving public education in Allston will not only allow Harvard to leverage its resources in the most appropriate way, but will also allow...