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...probably by the end of high school, I was an atheist or humanist.”Valente laughs about the semantics involved in defining his beliefs—”you can keep throwing words in,” he says—but on the whole, he avoids labeling himself an atheist. “I’d much rather call myself a humanist than atheist, because there’s a certain stigma to that word.”Leap of (non) faithFor Jose J. Rodriguez, a third year Harvard Law student, his conclusion that...
...church in Harvard Yard.”Amanda L. Shapiro ’08, the chief recruitment officer of the Harvard Secular Society, says she doesn’t “find the Christian presence too overwhelming,” even if it was a little harder to avoid on Ash Wednesday.As President Eliot wrote in 1886, “A university cannot be built upon a sect”—unless that sect includes all the “educated portion of the nation.” Indeed, the active presence of groups like Christian Impact...
...insensitive. I don’t think humor can properly operate within the line if it can’t cross the line…I guess I think more harm has been done by respect in the world than disrespect. FM: Do you think comedians should avoid things like religion? Do you think it’s okay to mock things that some people consider “transcendental” and holy? MANKOFF: That which is put forward without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. I mean, you know, people are building these incredible superstructures, whether it?...
...want to be a clique,” Lee says.The HRCF is totally non-denominational, and meetings play host to a range of speakers, and depending on when you walk in, you might hear a baptist hymn, a Southern spiritual, or a piece of high church music. They even avoid using language specific to any particular denomination to avoid excluding visitors of different faiths. Over at the CSA, the biggest night of the week comes on Sunday, when hundreds of students attend mass in the basement of St. Paul’s Church on Bow Street. Aside from this weekly...
...ready,” Allard says. Senior Michele McAteer will be the lone upperclassman on the staff, which went without her leadership last season. Pitching just 13 games due to arm trouble, McAteer says she is thrilled to be back in the circle, and is hoping to avoid a recurrence of her injury. “I spent a lot of the fall just making sure I wasn’t going to get hurt again,” McAteer says. “It seems to be a recurring injury.” An effective off-speed, moving-ball...