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...Peninsula labels me a "probable affirmative action admit." Nothing could be further from the truth. I am, in fact, a definite affirmative action admit. The only reason that I am at Harvard is because of my Black ancestry. I have no academic credentials. My high school grades were barely passing, my combined SAT score would not even make me eligible for NCAA competition. In fact, my admission was yet another tragic case of reverse discrimination--a talented white, Jewish or Asian student was turned away to make room for me in the name of "diversity...
...since the Peninsula is willing to follow this suspect logic, will it start referring to track stars as probable athletic admits? Coming from Wyoming can be a plus--are such students probable geographic admits? Are accomplished violinists probable musician admits? What about students whose parents attended Harvard? Are they probable legacy admits? What about a Black student who plays baseball whose father attended Harvard? Is he a probable affirmative action-athletic-legacy admit? More importantly, when will Peninsula start trying to indirectly undermine the qualifications of white students? Or will only Blacks be targets...
However, I do have some advice for all the of the Council, Guardians and Auxiliares of Peninsula (sounds like a wannabe militia, doesn't it?). If you were really as tough as you fancy yourselves to be, you would have called me what you really meant--probable nigger admit David W. Brown...
...admit that the problems with our phone service are not entirely the fault of HSTO. Many of these problems are the fault of the New York New England Exchange (NYNEX), the company to which Harvard has contracted its phone service. Many of the delays in the activation of additional extensions can be attributed to NYNEX's inadequate staffing in the wake of corporate restructuring. But because NYNEX controls the local telephone market, Harvard does not have the option of seeking out a better carrier to whom to contract service. The problem of monopoly makes itself felt at another level...
...gradual rise in worldwide temperatures caused by man-made gases trapping too much heat from the sun. If the theory is correct, the world could be in for dramatic changes in climate, accompanied by major disruptions to modern society. So far, though, even the experts have had to admit that while the earth has warmed an average of up to 1.1 degree F over the past 100 years, no solid evidence has emerged that this is anything but a natural phenomenon. And the uncertainty has given skeptics--especially Gingrichian politicians--plenty of ammunition to argue against taking the difficult, expensive...