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Though dinner discussions aren’t filled with purely academic topics, Harvard is still a place where students think about their place and significance in the world. E-mail lists and posters constantly advertise events with public intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and Michael Sandel, and the fact that these events happen so often is an indicator of the thriving intellectual community at our school. Perhaps when we feel that we are losing touch with this community we should blame not our fellow students but ourselves; how often do we delete these emails without reading them or glance at posters...
...fight was obvious, with each match ending in a tighter score as the weekend progressed. Although the Crimson could not pull out a win, the team was still proud of the good moments it earned...
...power of the state. The plan to free women from private mandates enforcing one set of clothing standards with a public mandate enforcing the opposite set is logically inconsistent. Although the proposed bill would level substantially greater penalties on those who force other people to wear the burqa, it still penalizes women who themselves elect to wear it. Since the bill targets the burqa even when coercion is not present, it cannot be defended as expanding women’s freedom...
...women are rarely directly involved. France reported zero Islamist failed, foiled, or successful terrorist attacks in 2008, as compared with 137 separatist ones. That being said, we recognize France’s concern for the safety of its citizens, and admit that banning burqas may provide some security advantages. Still, such benefits in no way justify infringing on a woman’s right to choose the veil or reject...
...There are things that we did wrong, but for the most part, we all played a really good game,” Smith said. “Especially at the start of the Bucknell game, we were still rolling off of that energy [from Michigan], but it wasn’t enough apparently...