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Schools are seeking ways to sidestep such concerns. Iowa and Buffalo bar students under 18 from porn classes. At the University of California at Santa Barbara, Constance Penley, a film professor and porn-studies pioneer, says she tells her students that "I don't want to squelch their financial possibilities or creativity, but as a favor to me, could they not make a porn film until after they graduate?" Teaching them about porn is one thing. Training them for a career in the adult arts is another...
...Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has received a $1.5 million gift to endow a specialized initiative tailored for women with aspirations of holding public office. The endowment was a personal gift from Barbara Lee, a leading activist for women’s political leadership, and will directly fund the Barbara Lee Women in U.S. Politics Training Program and Lecture Series. This initiative is part of a larger program, titled “From Harvard Square to the Oval Office,” focused on training women to succeed in politics despite gender imbalances, according to Victoria Budson, executive director...
...going to be really tough, and William and Mary is pretty evenly matched with us,” O’Riain said. “It should be interesting to see how that works out.” —Staff writer Barbara R. Barreno can be reached at barreno@fas.harvard.edu...
Bohemian Modern: Living in Silver Lake (Regan Books) Since the 1970s, the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles has been the funky alternative to West Hollywood. Architect Barbara Bestor includes beautiful photographs of local establishments like Sunset Junction, Atwater and Echo Park...
...sympathizes with people like McNeill and Nelson. In the fall of 1991, a conservative Harvard student publication called “Peninsula”—now defunct—devoted a 56-page issue to articles critical of homosexuality. Gomes and Professor of English and Comparative Literature Barbara E. Johnson condemned the magazine and made the choice to publicly come out. “I am a Christian,” declared Gomes from the steps of Memorial Church that November, “who happens as well to be gay.”Gomes, however, was ordained...