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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...
Strolling through the yard to my philosophy class, I think back on my first year as a Harvard undergrad. One might say that it is a far cry from my freshman year at UCLA. This is most prevalent when I notice that it is five below outside, and I remember that I had to ask my roommate for help because I did not know what a winter wardrobe consisted of up until about 15 months ago. Undeniably, there were ups and downs of my first year. It was often difficult to know that I had no blocking group because...
...assistance in picking courses and that the advisors are bad. Seeing as I transferred from a school with 16,000 undergraduates, was often closed out of classes required for my major three times in a row, and the term advisor wasn’t really a part of the UCLA vocabulary, I am quite happy with a concentration advisor and an Allston Burr Senior Tutor— not to mention the 15 other tutors in the House there to offer help. A friend of mine once complained that picking classes himself was too difficult and that there should be someone...
...quite certain it was not because of the party scene. Coming from a school where large frat parties on Thursday nights is the norm, I can tell you that drunken debauchery at one school is just about the same as drunken debauchery at the next—except at UCLA people can actually dance and you have a little better shot of finding someone attractive when you have drunk goggles on to deceive you. Try not to be too disappointed with the Harvard party scene, because frankly, if you had wanted to party all day you would have gone...
...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...