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...adopt the luxurious Western lifestyle so that they can sell us more of the goodies of modern life. But then the West points an accusing finger at us for doing just what it wants us to do. A little deeper thinking would show that unrestricted consumerism and sustainable development cannot go hand in hand. Mukut Behari Lal New Delhi...
...presidents cannot cloak themselves in sanctity until they change the rules that govern the league’s athletic recruiting. Right now, their league is not “holier than thou” but “uglier than thou.” And the presidents’ pride looks more like hypocrisy...
...height last summer. But arriving in Cambridge, expectations loomed that various friendships and relationships would take shape. For the most part, they didn’t. Save a few online friends with whom I clicked, most of my online friendships fizzled out (and I realized that enduring bonds cannot begin via instant messenger). Our summer Facebooking madness was born of our pre-college anxiety. We faced the departure from everything that was familiar and the plunge into the unknowns of Harvard. The urge to collect friends was an effect of the desire for community, so as to belong...
...which Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility, Hamas announced its support for this murder of innocent civilians. Hamas called this week’s attack “legitimate,” saying that it would not try to curb further attacks. Both of these positions are untenable. A legitimate government cannot condone terror and the murder of innocent men, women, and children; it is unacceptable to publicly proclaim support for suicide bombings. When Hamas was first elected to power in January, many were worried that they would maintain their advocacy for Israel’s extermination. At the time, we encouraged...
...Although I do not personally object, when the UC grants funding to an all-male or all-female singing group, half of the campus loses access to its own money. If the UC’s resources must only be used for benefit of the entire student body, it cannot fund groups that discriminate in any way, de facto or de jure. Consistency on this issue would preclude the funding not only of religious groups and single-sex choirs, but numerous other political, artistic, and even cultural groups as well. As far as I’m concerned, that...