Harvard seniors and abstinence advocates Sarah Kinsella and Justin Murray founded a group called True Love Revolution. The group aims to fight what the couple sees as the increasing incidence of meaningless sex at Harvard. Unlike the religion-based abstinence groups on campus at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, True Love Revolution is secular. "On campus there is such a strong attitude of pluralism and acceptance, but then it doesn't extend to [abstinence organizations]," Kinsella told the Associated Press. While some students have ridiculed the group, others, like Harvard Crimson columnist Jessica C. Coggins, have spoken up in support. Coggins wrote that students on campus should "[f]ind a different confidence booster than making fun of celibate peers." Kinsella and Murray lay blame for sexual practices at Harvard on what they perceive as the school's implicit suggestion that all students are having sex. According to Dr. David Rosenthal, director of Harvard health services, 29 percent of students are not having sex, and while the college acknowledges students' sexual practices, it does not necessarily condone them.
According to a government report released last week, a nationwide review of Veterans Affairs hospitals uncovered eight minor problems at the White River Junction Hospital. The review, conducted two weeks ago, was ordered by the Department of Veterans Affairs after reports of poor conditions at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., which is run by the Department of Defence. Although blockage in a basement sewer pit was immediately fixed, the hospital plans to undertake more projects in the coming months, including renovating bathrooms, completing a ceiling, installing new heating and ventilation systems and fixing a hole in one wall.
Though Dartmouth is the number one recipient of research funding in the state, the University of New Hampshire is catching up. In a national ranking based on figures from 2004 by the Center for Measuring University Performance, Dartmouth ranked 83rd, receiving $173 million that year. UNH ranked 120th, with $103 million. In recent years, UNH's number has been rapidly increasing, with total funding received this year more than tripling the amount received in 1995. Many of the projects for which UNH receives funding deal with quality of life and environmental issues in northern New Hampshire.
