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...injustices abound. At the most basic level, all-male final clubs distribute resources in strange and unfair ways. Membership comes with perks—mansions, dinners, alumni networks—none of which go to women. It is dubious to give men privileged access to all of these important benefits, and because of the dynamics of social space at Harvard, this inequity spawns many others...
...learned to thrive with Jews, blacks, homosexuals, and all sorts of other people who would have once been considered incompatible with the Rockefellers and Morgans who filled club dining rooms. The past teaches us that distinctions between people that appear fundamental at the time may in fact rest on dubious assumptions. Throughout history, well-meaning individuals have believed that the introduction of new elements into their social communities would ruin something important, but time and time again, history has proven them wrong...
...protesters said they represented Hawaii's parents who have grown increasingly frustrated with the furloughs, which have given Hawaii the dubious distinction of having the U.S.'s shortest school year - 163 days. The furloughs are part of Lingle's solution to a projected budget deficit of nearly $1 billion. Liam Skilling says he and other protesters felt they needed to occupy the governor's office to make a stand because so many in the state were beginning to accept the furloughs as normal. "What we're fighting for now is so simply right," Skilling says. "We're fighting...
...Robert Millage, killing the first wolf in Idaho's inaugural hunt was a dubious honor. In May 2009, the gray wolf was taken off the list of endangered species for the Northern Rocky Mountain region, and debates between hunting advocates and wolf sympathizers raged in the months leading up to the start of hunting on the first of September...
Since the February meeting, new working group proposals have not been posted and the subject of the groups was not breached at the subsequent Faculty meeting, painting a dubious picture of their staying power in the long-term. According to FAS spokesperson Jeff Neal, the planning Web site will be updated in the next few weeks...