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Apparently the College, in its never-ending quest to promote and uphold the diversity that it claims to hold near and dear to its heart, established the Foundation and is quite happy with its accomplishments. I myself, having worked with the Foundation, am very pleased with the work that it does. But I cannot imagine how a multicultural center would either overshadow or make obsolete the work the Foundation does...
...wishes to combat racism, one can only do it through reason and individualism. But to uphold reason and individualism requires a great deal of thought and intellectual honesty, and one must start by rejecting the multiculturalist premise that the individual is determined by his race...
...physician who tries to prescribe a Schedule I drug [i.e. marijuana, or any other drug considered by the federal government to be potentially addictive with no current medical use], with or without these referendums in California and Arizona, is subject to prosecution under federal law--and we will uphold...
...Harvard, the choice about whether to pursue meaningful Ad Board reform is a choice between which standards it prefers to uphold: those that have been hashed out over the centuries by legal scholars as ideal for establishing the truth, defending the accused, and meting out appropriate punishments; or those that "protect" Harvard students, the same Harvard students, that write books, run million-dollar companies, and even occasionally have the ear of the White House...
...extensive testimony from psychologists and sociologists, Judge Kevin S.C. Chang found the state had failed to prove that same-sex marriages would harm children or anybody else. The state immediately appealed the ruling back to the Hawaii Supreme Court. But given its earlier reasoning, that panel is likely to uphold Judge Chang--and there is no further appeal, because the decision is based on the state constitution. By 1998 gay couples may be free to marry in Hawaii...