Word: truthfulness
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...want to fall into this trap. Instead, I hope to outline some of the meaningful consequences that emerge from the eight all-male clubs’ refusal to admit women, most of which I have observed from my own experience. Because when polemic is cast aside, a powerful truth emerges: the system is simply incompatible with what final club members should—and in fact mostly do—believe about gender and justice...
Marijuana might be illegal, and it might be an illicit psychoactive drug, but its presence may be less harmful to the individuals in a community, especially college campuses, than alcohol. Although nobody can argue that widespread drug use is a good thing for any college, it is an underlying truth that college students love to party, and many will choose to do so under the influence of some sort consciousness-altering chemical...
...what of the moral prerogative? The truth is that Israel is a paragon for human rights protections. It has the highest human development index and democracy index of any nation in the Middle East. Unlike any other country in the region, Israel respects basic liberties such as freedom of assembly, religion, and the press, as well as more specific causes such as women’s and gay rights...
Settlements are a thorny issue for both sides, but in truth they are a thinly veiled excuse for further criticism and attacks on Israel. It was agreed at Camp David in 1995 that Israel, in a final peace deal, would exchange some land in Israel proper for the largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank; this was agreed to by Palestinian negotiators several times under both Clinton and Bush...
...hypocritical not to try and alleviate suffering in our college community during the course of our four years here. Even in the midst of great economic trials, we must all strive to move society closer to a day when the inscription on the Common memorial can be taken in truth, and people will never again starve, suffer, or want in a world of plenty...