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Thirty-two years after Malcolm X was gunned down in a New York City auditorium, his widow would still speak of him at times in the present tense. "Malcolm thinks," Betty Shabazz might say. Or, "Malcolm's advice is..." On May 19 she attended celebrations to mark what would have been his 72nd birthday. "This has been the greatest day of my life," she told friends later. "Everywhere I went, I heard his voice on tapes." But after her husband's death, Shabazz didn't exactly linger in the past. She got a doctorate in education administration, eventually became director...
...leaders at a University of Oregon conference. He doffs his jacket, grins and launches into a children's song: "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands! If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!" The lawyers, scientists, activists and students in the auditorium, after a moment of bewilderment, burst into rhythmic applause...
Sophomore Rob Millar, one of last year's surprise offensive weapons, continued his barrage with two high-light-worthy tallies, while the three seniors--captain Ashlin Halfnight, Joe Craigen and Marco Ferrari--were playing with an intensity and presence unseen before. Indeed, the team walked away from Meehan Auditorium that night not only with a punishing 5-3 win, but also with grand expectations for the next 22 league games...
...next lecture in the series will focus on contemporary Native American issues and will take place on May 15 in the Boylston auditorium...
Unlikely as it may seem, some 700 people paid $10 each last week to get into a Manhattan auditorium and sit--or stand--through a panel discussion on "The Memoir Explosion: Novel of the '90s or Just Another Brand of Therapy?" Most attention went to two of the panelists: Frank McCourt, whose best-selling memoir, Angela's Ashes, had just the day before won a Pulitzer Prize for biography, and Kathryn Harrison, whose memoir The Kiss, also a best seller, tells of an incestuous affair between her and her father that began when she was 20. A year ago, hardly...