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...their friends will undoubtedly grapple with. This is one area where first-years ought not have a choice--the Dean's office should make these sessions mandatory again. Our administration must spend more time not only vocalizing the school's official policy, but taking steps to create an environment absent of sexual assault and rape...

Author: By Alex-handrah Aime, | Title: The Culture of Rape | 10/31/1996 | See Source »

...scene appeared soothing, and reassuring. It is the same way with live jazz--that sense of happening and human expression which is so often felt to be absent from man's daily run. The singers, who might just have been spotted in the dining hall a few hours earlier, were certainly not celebrities, even on the College scene. They were, however, lionized (or more plausibly, appreciated) by their peers who spotted in them what they cannot see on the television, what they cannot hear on the radio. They glimpsed humanity, and were happy...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: BROADCAST NEWS | 10/26/1996 | See Source »

...conspicuously absent at a historic visit on Kerry's behalf by President Clinton in neighboring Fall River on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kerry Struggles To Secure Liberal Base | 10/2/1996 | See Source »

...GIFT FROM AN ABSENT FATHER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1996 | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...rare glimpse of the jocular Dole, one so often recalled by those who have known him over the years but one who has been mostly absent in this year's losing campaign. Had the race gone differently, those of us who covered him might have seen more of that Bob Dole. But for the most part, his performances have been painful to watch--the constant references to himself in the third person, the ubiquitous "whatever" that punctuates incomplete thoughts, the rambling speeches and the non-non sequiturs. The man renowned for his quick wit and quiet thoughtfulness mostly seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BOB DOLE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

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