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...doing so, they strategically sidestep the most salient dimension of illegal immigration—that millions of immigrant families have already settled down as Americans. The law is effective only in so far as it can be applied practically and humanely. It would be a shame to let a rhetorical ruse convince us otherwise...
...that he received “an overwhelming amount of e-mails from students who considered themselves religious and who were not offended by the scheduled events.” But some students said that the timing of the event was insensitive. The president of the conservative weekly Harvard Salient, Travis R. Kavulla ’06-’07, said that the party’s timing showed disregard for Good Friday, but he added that the theme of the party would be inappropriate at any time of the year. Kavulla wrote an e-mail to the freshman...
...think what you’ll need to see is the parties adapting to the new issues people find salient,” said Eric P. Lesser ’07, president of the Harvard College Democrats. “There is a hesitance from people to see a specific religion invoked but a desire for policies to be grounded in broader moral values...
This makes the issue of manliness all the more salient because the gender-neutral society tends to dismiss it as incompatible with its ideals. Mansfield warns that male nature—the product of eons of evolution—cannot be put aside in a single generation. Moreover, he makes the case that manliness is worth keeping around for the good that it produces...
...hefty sum. But might his ties to the Arab world affect this gift?” The implication is that by accepting a gift for Islamic studies, Harvard may become beholden to the wrong sorts of people—perhaps even somehow furthering the cause of terrorism. The Harvard Salient, which is funded by the “conservative” lobby and eschews journalistic neutrality, mocks the stated purpose of the gift to promote better understanding of Islam as “blithe and childish,” saying, “If Harvard shares the Prince?...