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...plays a particularly important role in our mission. We live in a world (and on a campus) where it is taken for granted that everyone is straight save a few well-marked exceptions who are rarely ever worth mentioning. But the more people assume, the more arched eyebrows at same-sex couples walking down the street, the more stares at students whose genders are difficult to distinguish, the more gossip about people coming out of the closet, the more discomfort about mentioning one’s queer gender or sexuality, the fewer such mentions, the more people assume...
...doubt that this Pope’s legacy will be understood by many of us, and I fear our capacity to understand it is evaporating. I hope to see women priests and same-sex marriage, and I believe Christ would as well, and it is only a matter of time before the Church accedes (or succumbs) to our democratic vision of the world and accepts these and other changes. But I predict this with sadness as well as hope, for it means losing something good along...
...studies about girls' and boys' achievements in same-sex grammar schools are inconclusive. But if it turns out that targeting sex differences through education is helpful, there are certainly many ways to carry it out. Says Giedd: "The ability for change is phenomenal. That's what the brain does best." A small but charming 2004 study published in Nature found that people who learned how to juggle increased the gray matter in their brains in certain locations. When they stopped juggling, the new gray matter vanished. A similar structural change appears to occur in people who learn a second language...
...active alumni groups, are probably not too excited about University involvement. These organizations do not need University support to function, and they probably view the dialogue as a way for Harvard to try to re-impose control that the administration relinquished over 20 years ago, when Harvard stopped recognizing same-sex organizations. However, it is ultimately in the best interest of both the College and the organizations if some dialogue could exist between them. For the College, dialogue could allow some small measure of input, presumably dealing with student safety, to inform the actions of the clubs. There is reason...
...mere existence of these organizations at Harvard, more information needs to be transmitted about them from the minute students set foot on campus. It is foolish to deny that these clubs, and their dangers, exist. First-year students need to be aware of the potential pitfalls in joining same-sex organizations and in attending parties thrown by the organizations. It is important that they do not continue to remain shrouded in mystery and secrecy, and thus it is imperative that the dialogue continues...