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...worst mechanisms for building diversity on a college campus: Its methods were to victimize and criminalize, and its effects were to polarize. In our ethnically and racially diverse colleges, diversity and awareness of cross-cultural issues is of paramount importance. However, the goal of awareness is to further understanding??not further barriers. Diversity programs ought to aim to bring students together rather than to serve as stages for airing past societal grievances. That is not the way to move forward in a multicultural society. Instead, a college should be a nexus where bright minds of all backgrounds...
...Glaser ’09 joked that he too came to the event because he was “disappointed by the food at other break fasts.” He added that he thought the event was important because of the “spirit of intercultural understanding?? it promoted. In a speech before the dinner, Islamic Society President Shaheer A. Rizvi ’08 encouraged those in attendance to make at least one lasting friendship during the evening—to “leave the politics aside and make a personal connection?...
...men’s side also saw senior captain Tim Hagamen win an individual title in the men’s saber. It’s Brand’s style of coaching that motivates everyone to perform at the highest level. He combines strict practices with understanding??including pushing all of his athletes to fence in competition beyond Harvard. “He’s been incredible in this whole process,” Emily Cross said of her choice to train for Olympic competition. “Most coaches wouldn?...
...Yesterday’s meeting was a continuation of a regularly scheduled Faculty meeting held last week, at which professors examined the “Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding?? and “Culture and Belief” categories...
...such regulation, in nearly all forms, stifles the freedom of inquiry so fundamental to education. Like classrooms, student groups and clubs provide an essential venue through which students can explore new subjects, develop existing interests, and engage with their fellow students. Such exposure breeds a community of tolerance and understanding??a lesson fundamental to the educational mission of any school. While we understand the Utah legislature’s desire to give schools the authority to “make decisions to protect the physical, emotional, psychological, or moral well being of students,” this heavy...