FROM THE MAILBAG: LOOK HOW FAR HARVARD HAS STRAYED

spirit daily ^ | November 9 2004 | anonymous

[little jeremiah]

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FROM THE MAILBAG: LOOK HOW FAR HARVARD HAS STRAYED

I have to remain anonymous, but on November 6, 2004, I went to see an acapella concert at Harvard. It was the Harvard Pitches, a female group, and the Din and Tonics, a male group. Often these two groups will group up to get larger audiences.

They had a professor act as the MC. This is not unusual, but not common. I've seen other professors MC and make jokes before.

He introduced himself as teaching Human Sexuality. It originally had 90 students. Then 150. And now, over 400 students. It was becoming a very popular course.

He boasted how he was teaching human sexuality to future world leaders.

He then mentioned that he was wearing the first designer suit that he had ever owned. He had worn it to his wedding, when he married his husband. He pointed out his husband in the audience, who also held a responsible position on campus. I think an assistant dean.

He was very happy that Massachusetts had laws that would allow gays to marry. As he spoke of these things, he was rallying the audience for gay marriage.

He asked, "How about those Red Sox?" The Boston crowd cheered.

He then went on. Oh yeah, something else happened this week. What was it? Oh yeah, the election. George Bush got reelected. Most of the crowd booed. But some cheered. He clearly did not like Bush. He kept very silent about how the 11 proposals on gay marriage were all defeated.

He introduced the opening group. After the first act, he came back on stage. This time he was dressed in drag, dressed as a woman. His stage name was Jenn Givitis.

He wore a wig with the hair tied back. And quite high heels, at least three inches. And a strapless, high cut red dress made out of shiny sequins.

The crowd cheered. He walked around in his heels, impersonating a woman's walk quite well. I realized that this was definitely not the first time he had dressed up in drag. He was quite well practiced. He had done it before, and I expect probably had appeared in the gay clubs in drag before too.

He made some jokes.

He said that President Bush had now come out with a "man date." And that was a flip flop.

He added that he was over in Iraq entertaining the troops. The troops had cheered, "We love Bush!" The crowd didn't laugh at this, not getting this joke. So, he said that he would pass on his next one.

In the second act, the Din and Tonics did a Barry Manilow song, Cococabana. One of the guys put on a wig, and impersonated the women that the song is about.

While most of the crowd had a lot of fun, I couldn't help thinking of a few things.

It's one thing for students to dress up and make fun. Most all acapella groups have humorous skits. Many will have skits about relationships, or lack thereof. And often, they will do impersonations. They are usually very creative, and quite funny.

But it's quite another thing for a professor, in a leadership position, to dress up in drag and promote homosexuality. Will this guy get reprimanded? Or did he perhaps even have approval before he did this?

Another thought, the gays are out for power, and they are in it for the long haul. So what that Bush is reelected, and their 11 proposals get voted down? He is teaching human sexuality to future world leaders at Harvard. They will gain their power eventually. And then, with their elite minority in power, they will make laws promoting homosexuality.

Just what is taught in this class? See the syllabus below. See also the article by a very offended student, and the professor's response.

We can be pretty sure that the professor is most sympathetic and biased toward gays. I can't imagine a gay instructor who dresses up in drag on stage, ever criticizing anything to do with homosexuality. i.e., just how many kids raised in same sex homes get psychological problems? I still have yet to see the honest stats.

Another thought. Many dislike what the church has taught about sexuality, believing that the church is dictating to them. Yet, after reading the course syllabus, you can't help feeling that you are now being dictated to from another source, now a homosexual source.

As with most political struggles, I see the gay marriage issue as an issue about power. It is not about "rights." They already had lots of rights. The real issue is about power. In the end, perhaps they are looking to create a gay apartheid. A minority of gays, dictating to the rest of the population.

You have to hand it to the gays. They really have succeeded in making themselves liked and popular. So many of the evangelists and Christian leaders have made themselves very unliked. So many people hate them so much, they don't even want to hear about Christianity. They then stereotype all Christians in bad ways.

I think that the Christian leaders can take a lesson from the gays. We need to become popular. Funny. Trendy.

On that note, on the same sex issue, I think of the line from the Woody Allen movie, Manhattan. Woody Allen's wife has left him for another woman, and taken his child to be raised with her and her lover. Woody laments: "Most men can't handle one mother. How is he going to handle two?" ----------------

http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~psy1703/syllabus/Psychology%201703_Syllabus_2004_HTML.htm

Psychology 1703-Human Sexuality Syllabus:

Course Description This course examines the development and expression of human sexual behavior as a complex psychological, socio-cultural, biological, and historical phenomenon. Students will explore topics that include: sexuality in popular culture and the media; research methods in human sexuality; biological bases of sexual behavior; sexual arousal and response; gender identity and gender roles; attraction and love; sexual orientation; sexuality across the life cycle; sexual dysfunctions and sex therapy; safer sex and STD prevention; atypical sexual variations; and sexual coercion and abuse and their treatment.

Course Objectives This course is intended to challenge students to think critically, to understand that sexuality and responses to intimate relationships occur in a psychosocial context, to appreciate the importance of examining key psychological and interpersonal issues from a scientific perspective, to identify research needs in the field, and to examine the implications of this knowledge on issues ranging from one's personal behavior to social policy. Much of your learning through this course may consist of uncovering myths, half-truths, factual errors, and distortions you have accumulated throughout your lives. Through dedicated participation in this course, you may become more knowledgeable and accepting of yourself and others as sexual beings. Ideally, you will be better able to view and appreciate sexuality as a normal, integral, and joyful part of being human, while becoming more aware and tolerant of others whose views and lives may differ considerably from your own. Many cultures convey few positive and affirming messages related to the discovery and expression of sexuality.

By committing yourself fully to both scholarship and self-awareness through participation in this course, you may become less confused, apologetic, defensive, or shameful about your own sexual feelings, attractions, desires, and needs. And, most important of all, you may become more respectful of yourself and others, and better able to make conscious, informed, and healthy decisions regarding the expression of your own sexuality throughout your life.

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~salient/issues/02192004/02192004_cover_story_lara.html

The Harvard Salient Focusing on the Physical Sex-related courses at Harvard ignore our humanity By Luisa M. Lara, Staff writer

- an article by Luisa M. Lara, seriously lashing out at the course.

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~salient/issues/03202004/03202004_correspondence_rodriguez_lara.html

- the professor's response, and Luisa's rebuttal.

http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/wappp/research/courses/fas-2-0405.html

- a summary page of various courses. Includes:

Medieval Studies Medieval Studies 125. The Spirit's Voices: Holy Women in Medieval Christianity

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Ancient Near East 103. Goddesses, Priestesses, and Dreams: Gender in the Ancient Near East

The Study of Religion Religion 1414. Gospel Stories of Women *Religion 1416. Feminist Biblical Interpretation Religion 1491. Themes in Christian "Spirituality": Theories of Prayer, Self and Gender

and others.

[little jeremiah]

Anyone who thinks that higher education means what it used to mean, check this out.

Is there any way to organize homeschooled university degrees?

Time for conservatives to create alternative colleges and universities. Keep in mind that these august institutions are educating the elites, who want to rule us hoi polloi.

The fight ain't over.

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping. Thought you all might like to take a little visit to Harvard University.

Thanks NYer for the alert!

Let Scripter and me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.


(Any thoughts on the moral absolutes in general and particular pinglist, let me know too.)

[marktuoni]

My grandparents couldn't afford to send my parents to college.

My parents could and did send my sister and I to college.

I will be sending my children to trade school.

What the HELL are parents spending the huge amounts of money on????

[Grampa Dave]

The Fudge Packing maggots control most of our universities, and they push their agenda with the approval of those in charge of those universities.

[Wonderama]

home-schooled universities? I love that.

[Mike Bates]

"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."
Bill Buckley

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[mdmathis6]

The only real choices we have are our choices of whom will dictate to us!(paraphrased from CS Lewis)

Let's see God who loves me for the person he is making me to be or homosexuals who see humans a sources of gratification only?.....I don't see any "grey" areas in the choice I'd make!

[kittymyrib]

Parents who send their children to Harvard do not care about their souls. Shame on them.

[Unam Sanctam]

Sounds like a typical Hasty Pudding drag show...

[visualops]

We need to become popular. Funny. Trendy

I must disagree. One doesn't set an example by becoming like them or playing their game. One must above all be true to God and truth and self. This is the same mistake that parents have made by trying to be their child's friend rather than a parent.
It's like they say- don't argue with an idiot because they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
IMHO this is not a popularity contest- it's about doing what one must- and so we educate ourselves on what's going on in the schools, and we put our kids in other schools or we teach them at home or we guide them as best we can.
I have 2 kids who are in the public school system. On just turned 18 and is 1st year college, and the other is in HS. The older child just voted for Bush, and the younger is a FReeper (and before that spent time on other website message boards argiung with liberals). When you teach your kids right, they can stand up to the crap. And BTW, the one in college is going to be a teacher.

[ruthles]

My pastor years ago read an inscription on the wall which lead into Harvard which was written 200+ year ago, I wish I could find it now, but it was a tribute to Jesus Christ and a dedication of knowledge to Him from Harvard. Boy has that school strayed from its roots.

[weenie]

I remember when Mel's Passion was first released, the Harvard Divinity School panned it, saying something along the lines of "disgusting" and "not historically accurate."

It is amazing that the Divinity School faculty doesn't believe in Jesus's divinity and, I hear, refuses to hire anyone that does.

[tray-sea]

I disagree with our side creating colleges that only promote "our side". That is the problem too... My plan for my child is to raise her in the Catholic School. get her moral grounding and shield her from some filth but expose her to some things.. and let her see it for what it is... then when she goes off to college.. let her explore some of this crap (i don't mean her sexuality but our filthy culture and the leftist agenda that runs amok in colleges today) .... the challenge for parents is they need to stay involved with their children. I just look back to some of my wacky leftist teachers and in some ways I learned more when they taught.... I actually looked into things more and the best lefty teachers gave you lots of reading with some gray middle area of belief (not everything slated left.. otherwise you can't have a debate in class)... I really learned to look at all sides before making up my mind on things. Of course, my degree is history and political science so we debated on lots of issues.

[Alex Murphy]

He introduced himself as teaching Human Sexuality. It originally had 90 students. Then 150. And now, over 400 students. It was becoming a very popular course.

Indeed - his students are multiplying like rabbits.

[Mister Baredog]

Anyone who thinks that higher education means what it used to mean,

Yea, when I was in college 65-69 higher education was who could get the best drugs.LOL

[CitadelArmyJag]

And the best part is that you get to pay upwards of $30,000 a year for this indoctrination. Whoopie!!

[jigsaw]

But it's quite another thing for a professor, in a leadership position, to dress up in drag and promote homosexuality.

Sounds like another irresponsible, immature, 1960's narcissistic flower child or else the former student of one.

[graceland]

Absolutely, our plumber moved to rich part of town and retired early

[esquirette]

Patrick Henry College in Virginia. I have heard that they already have interns serving in Congress and the Whitehouse.