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...call made by one UC student leader, Amanda Channing, for "not just ethnic diversity, but diversity of thought," cited approvingly by your editorial, it seems to me somewhat ironic and disingenuous. I applaud the statement itself--it's what conservatives have been saying for decades; but I suspect what Ms. Channing really wants is a Board of Regents characterized not by diversity of thought, but by uniformity of thought in agreement with...
...creators of the Teletubbies point out that Tinky Winky's "purse" is actually a "magic bag" and insist that no political message is intended by his complexion or the shape of his antenna. No matter. We see through these feeble excuses and applaud Reverend Falwell for exposing this great threat to our nation's youth...
Drum starts; Katryna Nields strikes an akimbo pose in mid-jumping jack. She is beautiful. Her band, the Nields, something that just graduated from Yale, giddily rocks Sanders Theatre: thirty-and-up Cantabridgians stand to applaud. Where is Joan Baez, who came to Club Passim barefoot and left a star? She played last. And reuniting earlier in the show with their banjos and mandolins were the Charles River Valley Boys, Harvard alumni from the 60's. At its 40th Anniversary Concert, Club Passim looked back, looked forward, and its music squirmed between the weight of history and the multiple identities...
...Number of people who stood up to applaud after Clinton vowed to fight the Y2K problem...
...although I applaud Clinton's efforts to make immigrants feel included in American society, the way that he articulated his new plans last week shows he does not understand how minorities in America have functioned historically and function today. Much of America's strength comes from its heterogeneity and multiplicity. To force everyone to abandon marks of distinctiveness takes away from the distinction of America itself...