Word: applauding
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...issue is a complicated one. Is it possible to separate the individual from his or her actions? Can we appreciate and applaud the Million-Man March despite the stained record of its organizer? Farrakhan has not made it easy for us to overlook his biases. Quite the contrary--the march itself reeks of Farrakhan's chauvinist attitudes. I have nothing against the all-male nature of the march. I believe there is a real need for a day in which black men can affirm their unique spirit. However, Farrakhan, in what I am certain he considered to be a token...
Which brings us to PUCC, council reform's latest incarnation. We applaud PUCC's stated goal of expanding the diversity of the council. We applaud the PUCC's advocacy of greater action, its rhetoric of making the council a center of student activism. But in its nominal attempt at real reform, it undermines one of its own goals and bites off a bit more than it can chew at this point in its young and foolish life...
...quickly white people refer to the Constitution and equal opportunity when their interests are even minutely affected. In this instance there is no need for debate. McCarty has been a good and faithful citizen in a land where, for nonwhites, love of country has been rewarded with scorn. I applaud the McCartys of the world for their generosity of spirit. GEORGE ADRIAN BARRETT Washington...
Despite these criticisms, at least two members of the Coop's student board of directors have said they applaud the decision to hire Barnes and Noble...
SURELY NO ONE CAN WHOLLY CONDONE the excesses of pornography on computer networks described in your article. I applaud none of it, yet does anyone-legislator, watchdog, censor or myself-have the right to remove this material from the Internet? The decision by an adult to view cyberporn rests with the individual alone, and it does not matter by which medium the pornography is conveyed. Access to the net should be open. HERB MAYNARD Napier, New Zealand...