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...have seen Sean Penn’s acceptance speech for his prizewinning performance in Milk. The film, a masterful exploration of this country’s embarrassing intolerance of homosexuality, is a particularly poignant one in a year in which Proposition 8 passed in California. But, in an apparent attempt to reiterate such artistic profundity, Penn chose not to give the usual Oscar spiel of effusive gratitude. Instead, he urged those who supported the ban on gay marriage to reflect on their decision’s impact...
...political right. He encouraged a return to an ideology of faith, free-market Capitalism, and individual liberty. Blackwell framed his speech in the context of a growing threat to the American way of life. He called the Democratic Party’s current initiatives an “attempt to pull off the most significant realignment of political power in our 232 year history.” Nevertheless, his tone remained inspirational and surprisingly upbeat. He concluded by encouraging those in attendance to “bring light and truth and freedom to this American discussion.” Motley...
...definitely not one of our best games,” MacLaughlin said. “We can play much better than that.”Freshman Laurel McCarthy played between the pipes and recorded eight saves. Impressively, the first-year was able to stop a five-meter attempt in regulation as well as one attempt in the shootout, which took place instead of an overtime period, since the game was not under NCAA regulations.NYAC converted four out of five attempts, while the Crimson only successfully scored three.Sophomore Patricia Smith scored a team-high four goals in the game...
...standout Tyler Petropulous, who also collected four ground balls and won two draw controls. The scoring run provided a welcome conclusion to a less than ideal half by Harvard, which had 12 turnovers and five ground balls to Brown’s three and 14, respectively. The Harvard comeback attempt continued into the second period, as the Crimson scored twice, punctuated by Martin’s eight-meter strike, to make it a one-goal game after two minutes of play. But Harvard would be unable to even things up. After a Bear goal pushed the advantage back...
...other words, this new method is not a return to the sexual stereotyping of the 1950s or in any way a veiled attempt at recreating the “pink ghetto” of generations past; this is merely an attempt at ensuring that boys and girls learn as productively and as efficiently as they can during the brief period in which they acquaint themselves with their changing bodies and changing selves. For the first time ever, formerly sexless children are suddenly curious about members of the opposite sex, and such curiosity is confusing, disorienting, and distracting, at least...