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Abortion Is Not Like Rape

What violates women is reiterating to survivors that abortion is risky to women’s mental health and can lead to even worse post-trauma problems—a claim that has been thoroughly debunked many times.

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An Open Letter to President Faust

President Faust, we are faced with a unique moment in history, in which global economic stagnation and lack of political will are allowing this very crucial challenge to go completely unattended. We urge you to fill this vacuum by seriously revamping our sustainability vision so that it more explicitly leverages the public good that Harvard provides best—innovation and ideas.

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Sound the Horn

The UN reserves the label of “famine” for only the most severe emergencies—at least two deaths per 10,000 people per day, at least 30 percent of children with acute malnutrition, and at least 20 percent of the population unable to reach its food need. When the UN declared famine last July, the region, including Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti, had faced nearly two successive years of almost no rainfall and over 12 million individuals needed food aid.

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Race for the Consumer?

Massive popular backlash aside, Komen has, in an instant, crippled their own ability to provide cancer screenings to women in need.

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Thatcher, Republicans, and Conviction Politics

The polarizing and decisive Thatcher has regained a place in both the popular and political consciousness, most notably in the Republican primary race, where candidates have held up Thatcher as an ideal leader.

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Open Invitation to the Next GSC Meeting

We believe the GSC should be as politically active as its voting members desire.

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What Anti-Semitism?

If American academics hope to contribute to productive discussion about Israel and Palestine on campuses, they must first cooperate and not issue unfounded accusations of racism.

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Fat Cats at Widener

With an endowment of 32 billion dollars growing in 2011 at a meager 21.4%, Harvard simply can no longer afford to maintain the best and largest academic library collection in the world.

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How To Grow STEM

Supporting post-secondary STEM education may very well prove more difficult, resource-intensive, and risky than dazzling third graders with a baking soda volcano, but the rewards of doing so will be equally explosive.

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Religion and Politics

For liberalism demands that believers enter public dialogue stripped-down—or as Stephen Carter of Yale writes, “only after leaving behind that part of themselves that they may consider the most vital.” Non-believers, on the other hand, are not forced to check their principles at the door.

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Appearance and Faith in the Muslim World

I am a Muslim, but when I travel to the “Muslim world,” I certainly do not feel like one.

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A Top-Heavy Administration?

There are certainly many reasons besides top-heavy administration for the skyrocketing costs of a college education, but I would suggest that the administration’s growth has outrun that of the University.

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Girls in the Classroom

When female students are called on, we often fail to articulate our ideas and arguments as confidently as male students do.

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Liars and Politicians

Yes, sometimes politicians break promises. Sometimes they shatter them in a memorable, sharded frenzy. But, more often than not, they do their best—or do something, at a minimum—to follow through on those promises.

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On Failure at Harvard

We ought to struggle with failure, to think about what it means for our expectations and our goals. It provides an opportunity to learn a lesson about our own limitations and capabilities sooner, rather than later—at a time when opportunities to begin anew are not so difficult to come by.

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