Given Harvard’s history of discrimination against Catholics, Jews, and Gays, it is surprising that the privately funded university on the Charles would open itself to more cries of foul by providing Muslim women private time at a gymnasium, thus excluding dues-paying male members.
When feminists attempted to open up college sports opportunities for women via federal Title IX regulations, national enforcement of these rules had the perhaps unintended consequence of hastening the demise of men’s teams at the collegiate level. Now they are attempting something much more ambitious—the feminization of science.
Students from around the country will be spending their Spring Break fighting global climate change, rallying support to bring our troops home from Iraq, and advocating to put an end to the death penalty. Instead of heading to Cancun or Ft. Lauderdale, these students will be attending one of three alternative spring breaks that Campus Progress is sponsoring this year.