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...probably one of the only students ever to go to Harvard from northern Minnesota,” says Pierskalla, who grew up on a farm.He says he received a scholarship to help him pay for his education and that he believes his geographic background factored into his admission.But “there wasn’t much diversification in terms of race,” he adds.One area in which the student body was diversifying, however, was through increased enrollment of public high school graduates, which Pierskalla says included himself, his roommate, and most people he knew at Harvard.PEER PREDICAMENTSHarvard?...
...father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas with a completely unpronounceable name,” Obama said. “But there were some people who did believe—and one of those guys was also a Harvard Law School graduate who came from a modest background...
...Those fears of Humala, who came in first in the initial voting on April 9 after having only polled in the single digits last year, stem from his complicated, controversial background. His father is the founder of an ultranationalist, neo-Marxist movement that preaches the superiority of indigenous Peruvians over the country's descendants of the Spanish and promotes violence against those lighter-skinned elite. His mother has railed against homosexuality, while his young brother is in prison for leading an army reservists' attack on a police station last year that killed four officers...
...surprised by a passage in America in Vietnam which details how Americans traditionally think a soldier who commits a war crime should be put to death with little regard to the conditions or insight into the soldier himself. But a common murderer is treated more thoughtfully - his background, childhood, education and social circumstances are taken into consideration when looking at what punishment should be meted out. "Isn't it a strange turn of events that Marines are expected to be perfect under the stresses and brutality of a guerrilla war, but society says we need to uncover every mitigating circumstance...
...Obviously, discussing one’s sexual identity is often very difficult. Depending on a person’s social circle, hometown, religion, and family background, this can be an even harder decision. Some gay students reading this may be thinking, “Well, straight girl, who are you to tell me to make this difficult choice that you won’t ever have to make?” I realize that I don’t have the right to tell people how to live their lives, but just as I beg a friend with an eating...