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WHETHER HOMOSEXUALITY is innate, whether it can be changed, and whether it is immoral are three distinct questions that, for various psychological reasons, are often treated as one. And because many people - including policymakers and judges - will inevitably conflate them despite their logical independence, the question of what causes homosexuality remains relevant.
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I WRITE TO THANK MR. Giovinazzo ("A plea to non-Religious Right Republicans," Mar. 11) for deprogramming those who've been outwitted by empty rhetoric, superficial slogans, and obsolete epithets. It's reassuring that enlightened Democrats can rescue naïve libertarian-minded Republicans from our faulty logic and unreasoned stances.
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Dear Amanda, I am a 2L who has served on the executive board of a campus organization since my 1L year. I was planning on running for president this year and I thought that I would be unopposed. However, recently one of the better friends that I have made through the organization announced that he would be running against me.
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The Birthday Party takes place by the sea. A detail all too easily overlooked, it comes across with startling force in the A.R.T.'s current production of Harold Pinter's early foray into the theater of the absurd. All of the action takes place within the living room of an English seaside boardinghouse, which speaks claustrophobia.
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For those of you who fantasize about growing up, becoming lawyers and attending charity functions, the Taste of [insert Boston neighborhood] events aren't a bad way to get started. The annual Taste of the South End raises money for AIDS research; the 2004 event blazed on despite mounds of snow Tuesday night.
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Tessa Platt slammed her ornamental gavel down on the table. "The Student Funding Board Session for Emergency Appropriations has begun!" She sat down in her throne, relished the moment, then nodded to signal that everyone else could sit down. Her Official Lackey walked over to the audio equipment at the front of the classroom and began the official recording of the session, for posterity's sake.
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The Holy See has named Harvard Law School Professor Mary Ann Glendon to lead the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, making her the highest-ranking female adviser in the Catholic Church. Glendon is firmly antiabortion and has been one of the leading legal experts for gay-marriage opponents in the Massachusetts legislature.
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David Blunkett, British Home Secretary and Member of Parliament, delivered a speech on "Human Rights and the Terrorist Threat: Defending the Democratic State and Maintaining Liberty-Two Sides of the Same Coin," before a crowd of students, faculty, and members of the community in the Ames courtroom.
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Despite the University's announcement last week of a projected $3.7 billion capital campaign, Harvard Law School continues its $400 million capital campaign that it began in June. Though the University's total might include both the Law School and Business School's capital campaign, Dean Kagan asserts that this will not affect the Law School effort which has so far raised $193 million.