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...Jazeera’s critics must understand that media and media consumers have a symbiotic relationship. When U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell demands that Al-Jazeera be more fair to America in its coverage of the Iraq war, he might as well demand that the entire Arab world treat the United States more fairly. Media reflect the society they are born from—the society that they serve. You can’t change the underlying assumptions of a media outlet without changing the underlying assumptions of its consumers. To make Al-Jazeera kinder towards America, America...
...past January.If Brown had assaulted a random woman on the street, society would brand him a dangerous man. Even the Lampoon would not honor someone seen as a threat to its female peers. But when the woman is his own wife, the one person whom society expects him to treat with the greatest respect, we instead write off the assault as trivial—as something that “just happens...
...cultural symptoms of the domestic violence epidemic and the levity with which we treat them go beyond hinting at the profundity of the disease: they feed it and perpetuate it. A culture that treats domestic violence as an undesirable but inevitable part of life keeps it inevitable. Abusers find validation of their behavior, and if the abuse is seen as acceptable their partners receive no encouragement to speak up about or escape from their suffering. This destructive cycle explains the prevalence of domestic violence. It is a cycle we must break...
This seems to relate to the situation at Harvard, where “Our football team is more diverse than the general student population in terms of ethnicity and [socioeconomics],” Murphy says. The players therefore treat college more pragmatically and less abstractly, he says...
...Director David Rosenthal, who advised the 24-member Committee, says that the best strategy is not only to treat students who come in to UHS for alcohol poisoning, but to attack the root causes of the problem. He suggests mandatory evaluation or counseling for repeat patients to diagnose possible cases of alcoholism, as well as improved education...