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Like many retirees, Jack Rothman, a former professor of public affairs at UCLA, devotes himself to a favorite activity in his senior years. But Rothman's is not one of the customary retirement pastimes--not golf or travel or genealogy or a reading club. No, Rothman's pursuit is a lot more laughs than those, but it's also more difficult and, to some, much scarier. It's stand-up comedy...
...beginning of last spring, I sat down to an ambiguous dinner/date with a particularly inquisitive friend who, after a discussion of my freshman year spent at UCLA and his ex-girlfriend from high school who is now a student there (wonderful first date conversation I might add), proceeded to ask what the differences are between Harvard and UCLA men. Using my best first-date behavior, I proceeded, uncensored, to enlighten him with the following...
Most gay activists would rather swallow glass than say Mat Staver was right about something, but they know that last year's big UCLA survey of college freshmen found that 57% favor same-sex marriage (only about 36% of all adults do). Even as adult activists bicker in court, young Americans--including many young conservatives--are becoming thoroughly, even nonchalantly, gay- positive. From young ages, straight kids are growing up with more openly bisexual, gay and sexually uncertain classmates. In the 1960s, gay men recalled first desiring other males at an average age of 14; it was 17 for lesbians...
There was only one Point scholar at the retreat under 18--Zachery Zyskowski, 17, who is in his second year at UCLA. Zyskowski came out at 13, helped start the GSA at his school and graduated valedictorian; he is far too precocious to be scandalized by a magazine or DVD. (He has watched Hedwig twice. Point executive director Vance Lancaster says the film, a cult musical about the relationship between a drag queen and a young singer, was already a favorite for many scholars. He also says it "reflects reality": "I don't see the negative repercussions to our students...
...philosophy concentrator in Adams house. A native of Southern California, she transferred last fall from UCLA and is still in the process of adjusting to snow, polo shirts, and the slightly eccentric Harvard social scene. On alternate Wednesdays, her column, “Quips and Quirks,” will offer insight on undergraduate life...