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...multicultural diversity reflects what is going on in society," Wiley says. "As long as the group continues to lift up what originally got it started, the emphasis on black music and spirit, as long as others want to affirm that, its' a positive thing. It shows the growth of Harvard and of people in general...
Owens said signers of the petition affirm, in writing, "I am in full support of Temple....I've never experienced or seen racism or discrimination occur at either...
...mosh pit and the nationally televised exchange with Bauer on the morality of the decision, Campaign Diary caught up with Keyes at Applebee's in Manchester, N.H. The Maryland resident was just settling into a booth in the Elvis Presley Boulevard corridor of the restaurant, and as if to affirm our sense of him as a potential spoiler, staff phones rang incessantly. The Ollie North radio show wanted him. CNN's Crossfire had to have him. Rush Limbaugh listeners said Rush had him finishing third in New Hampshire, derailing Forbes...
Floods and earthquakes usually spell political trouble for Latin American strongmen, but Venezuela's killer flood may affirm the popularity of President Hugo Chavez. The former paratrooper, who once served jail time for a failed coup attempt, personally took command of 1,000 elite paratroopers over the weekend and supervised the delivery of disaster relief. By deploying the military throughout the country to help Venezuela cope with the devastation that has killed at least 10,000 people, Chavez appears to be delivering on his populist commitment to share the oil-rich country's resources more equitably. And to underscore...
...Yale College was founded on a small patch of besieged inner-countryside land, thus launching a tradition of proud inferiority that has thrived for nearly 300 years. Tomorrow, on the playing fields of the Yale Bowl, sad Yale College will once again affirm that tradition by treating the assembled crowds to a well-orchestrated display of athletic incompetence. We here at Harvard would like to take this moment to pay tribute to our amiable friends to the south, who for so long, have graciously accepted their status as a lesser University...