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Articles from April 2007

The men's golf team is a threat to democracy

April 25, 2007

Organizations representing the people should be accountable to the people. It’s the basic precept that the only important form of government — democracy — is founded on.

But there is a representative group on our glorious, resplendent campus that threatens our hallowed philosophy by sheltering itself in a shroud of six-iron secrecy.

Admissions aims for diversity

April 25, 2007

For the first time next year, a New Horizons Islamic elementary school student will attend Harvard-Westlake as a seventh grader. It is part of a laudable effort that the Admission Office has taken to diversify our student body.

Sex and candy (in the dean's office)

April 25, 2007

It seems slightly hypocritical to me that the school offers sex education and supplies us with condoms, but won’t allow a safe sex poster to be put up on campus.

Preciado, get your gun

April 25, 2007

This concept of mutually assured destuction is not new.  Fifty years ago, it was actually the principle behind the Cold War and hey, we won that, didn't we?

Article fails to properly describe teacher's tenure

April 25, 2007

As the Head of Middle School I want to respond to the article on the 7th grade dean reshuffle at the Middle School.  I am concerned about the inequity in the article, especially when it came to information about Julie Harris.

Censorship bars creativity

April 25, 2007

When the upper school deans censored three student-made public service announcements made for a photography class, they violated the students’ right to freedom of speech, the most important right guaranteed to all citizens of the United States.

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