Word: subject
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...Justin Krebs '00, a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, has long been attuned to the problem of minority representation in theater. "Harvard puts high priority on racial and ethnic diversity, and our organization lags behind," he explains. On the subject of color-blind casting, "part of the board thinks it's not important enough to mention, and the other part thinks it's so obvious that it doesn't need to be mentioned." What will it take to make people of color a greater presence in Harvard's dramatic mind...
...might think you know the subject but after he's taken you through it, it only leaves you with more questions," PBS' Wilson said...
Harvard's resistance to paying a living wage is part of a larger effort by Harvard administrators to subject directly hired, unionized workers to terrible and demoralizing working conditions in order to replace them with cheaper, subcontracted labor--pushing wages down as the endowment goes up. For example, Harvard forced its security guards to work for nearly five years without a contract, by refusing to negotiate in good faith. Harvard's disrespectful treatment degraded the jobs of its unionized security guards so thoroughly that, this fall, roughly half of them decided that they would rather accept a buy-out than...
...critics argue not only against the technique itself, but also against its practitioners, whom they characterize as "imperialists" and, they say, whose interest in undergraduates is often as low as student interest in their highly quantitative subject matter...
True progress is made when only ideas and beliefs are challenged. However, both Giuliani and Kabala seem to feel that the subject of religion is somehow sacred and should forever remain unchallenged. Maybe it is because they are scared of what they might discover. Is it not possible that by viewing the offending "Sensation" exhibit, visitors might be able to enhance their understanding of their religion? That by viewing the art, which is so personally offensive, one might be able to better understand or even challenge their personal and religious beliefs? It is unfortunate that Giuliani and Kabala are willing...