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...early ’90s, with Bowers v. Hardwick (the case which upheld the criminalization of sodomy) on the Supreme Court’s Docket, and the AIDS crisis exploding into the news, LGBT students were louder and more visible than ever. These students insisted that their professors address issues central to queer identity, demanding a class on sexual orientation and the law, and collaborating with other student groups to push for faculty diversity. Activism flared up more recently when the school decided to let military recruiters on campus rather than risk the University’s federal funding...
...that only the European Union’s proposal was able to halt the current violence. Contrasting the E.U. diplomatic method with America’s singular voice, he cautioned, “It is not because you are one that you are right.” For Eleonore V. Peyrat, another visiting French student, Barroso’s response was a necessary one of strength and confidence. “It was the first time I had heard something like that,” she said...
...study, released Tuesday by the non-profit Guttmacher Institute, which specializes in research on reproductive and sexual health, examined abortion rates in the U.S. from 1974 - the year after Roe v. Wade deemed abortion a "fundamental right" - through 2004. The total number of abortions has dropped over the last two decades, from nearly 1.6 million in 1984 to 1.2 million in 2004. The abortion rate hit its peak in 1980 at 29 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44; in 2004, that number had dropped to 20 per 1,000 women...
...that local obscurity is no barrier to international recognition. Indonesians don't give them a second look, but a buzz about the band - whose sultry, slow-burning trip-hop invites comparisons with Goldfrapp or Portishead - has gently percolated around the region, thanks to a well-tended MySpace presence, Channel V airplay and the fact that Yohanna mostly sings in English...
...night did he finally get through to his family and hear they were safe. Southeast Texas may be almost 2,000 miles away from Cambridge, but for some Harvard students from the Lone Star state including Akinfenwa, Hurricane Ike was more than just a big weekend news story. Roberta V. Steele ’09 also spent much of Friday and Saturday unable to talk to her family. Her parents live outside Houston along Galveston Bay. After having stayed with family and friends during the mandatory evacuation, they were allowed a temporary return to salvage some possessions. Steele said looters...