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Last month’s election of Sujean S. Lee ’03 as Undergraduate Council president marks a new milestone in the council’s quiet—and perhaps permanent—jettisoning of its liberal activist past...
...last month’s presidential race focused their campaigns on such student-centered ideas such as a shuttle service to New York, cable television, reduced phone rates, and more big-name band concerts. Even Lauren E. Bonner ’04, a presidential candidate known for her activist past, seemed to avoid controversial political issues such as the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) and its push for a “living wage” for all Harvard employees...
Last year, the schism between the activist and student services factions on the council still existed, but under Gusmorino’s leadership, the conflict has dissipated—although some council members claim that the disappearance is simply because not many ideological debates have embroiled the campus in recent months...
America lost more than a businessman Monday night when Dave Thomas, patriarch of the fast food giant Wendy's, died at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 69. It lost a social activist, author, and an instantly-recognizable TV personality. Thomas, who lost a lengthy battle with liver cancer, was a leading proponent of adoption awareness, and dedicated much of his time and wealth to the cause. He was also a celebrity of sorts, as the result of appearing in the burger chain's humorous commercials. In addition, he authored two books detailing his life, success...
Preacher, activist, follower of Gandhi's principles of nonviolent resistance, King had emerged as the champion of American blacks' crusade for civil rights. A veteran of the Montgomery, Ala., bus protests of the 1950s and the Southern sit-ins of the '60s, King came to the fore in the 1963 Birmingham, Ala., demonstrations for desegregation. In the same year he led 200,000 in the March on Washington and gave the galvanizing "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. "He articulates the longings, the hopes, the aspirations of his people," said his colleague the Rev. Ralph Abernathy. King...