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...Having made these arguments, it would be wrong to claim that there is a satisfactory status quo for ROTC at Harvard. While the aforementioned poll has stirred up a great deal of controversy (not limited to our campus), the recent HRC campaign has contributed productively to the debate over official recognition by bringing to light the struggles and concerns expressed by ROTC members on campus. If cadets and midshipmen feel “unwelcome” or even “degraded,” as Weatherl writes, by the atmosphere at Harvard—even to the extent that...
...being used to solicit them to buy products and services. People who use Twitter to communicate with friends may feel the same way. If the service becomes a place where conversations among users are interrupted by marketing messages, Twitter could actually begin to lose users. (Read: "Your Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated...
Glee's creator, Ryan Murphy, specializes in lampooning American appetites. In his dark comedy Popular, he took on the desire for social status; in the plastic-surgery drama Nip/Tuck, the hunger for physical perfection. Glee is all about the timely teen dream embodied and fed by Idol, High School Musical and YouTube: fame, glorious fame...
Supporters of the new status quo include a gay Democratic state senator, a reform rabbi, a Unitarian Church leader, a state gay rights advocacy group called One IOWA and Des Moines' mayor. Opponents include a Republican state senator, a Baptist minister, Iowa's Catholic bishops, the conservative Iowa Family Policy Center and a few county recorders (who acknowledge that they must still follow the law and issue licenses to same-sex couples.) Magistrates in at least seven of Iowa's 99 counties have decided this year not to perform any weddings - although most have declined to cite the same...
...think China will pressure you to change the political status...