Word: acceptability
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...altogether different thing from saying that others are incapable of understanding. To the extent that a woman of color on the faculty would give other women a sense of belonging and enfranchisement, I can appreciate the feelings of those who form under the banner of "diversity." But I cannot accept the themes of intolerance and inequality that suffuse their arguments...
...protest homophobic discrimination in the armed forces, and more specifically, in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). The Council should recommend that the Faculty sever completely all direct University ties to ROTC. The Council should not, however, take the extra step of recommending that the University refuse to accept ROTC scholarship money...
...with ROTC will add Harvard's significant voice to the growing pressure on the Bush administration to change this situation--but without overly harming the interests of Harvard ROTC students. What would unduly punish ROTC students is a recommendation, under consideration by the Faculty Council, that Harvard refuse to accept ROTC scholarships. Such a decision might make Harvard unaffordable for many ROTC cadets; it would also extend the University's influence into the realm of students' personal lives. No longer would Harvard be just opposing discrimination; it would be using economic leverage to force students to change their activities. Just...
Harvard has a responsibility to end its direct involvement and support of discriminatory institutions, but that responsibility does not extend to limiting students' right of free association. The Faculty Council should steer a decisive course on Wednesday--end direct contact with ROTC, but continue to accept ROTC funds...
...falls to Berkeley chancellor Ira Michael Heyman, who was never enthusiastic about building a monument, to decide whether to accept the Art Project's gift. The question he must ask himself: Is it right to take free speech for granite...