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Social events run by ethnic groups fall under particular attack by Nguyen, especially if the publicity for these events is targeted only at members of the ethnicity. However, the ethnic dining hall tables that Nguyen cites bespeak another critical function of ethnic groups: to enable members of the same ethnicity to meet each other and develop friendships--in short, to interact socially. Harvard is a big and intimidating place, and many undergraduates find support in their smaller ethnic communities. Nguyen suggests that this is wrong; I assert that it is natural. Just as knitting circles are formed for people...
...actions only bespeak a larger problem. The current rules provide candidates opportunities to abuse the law without breaking it. Individuals can now contribute $1,000 per election per candidate, but there are no limits on contributions to parties or independent advocacy groups. Moreover, the Supreme Court has deemed it unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds to limit the expenditures that a candidate, party or independent group can spend on political advocacy. Such half-hearted attempts to curtail spending invite candidates to weave their way around them...
...approximately 13 percent to a high of 20 percent of its annual income. Coupled with this figure is the equally disquieting revelation that over the same period, Radcliffe's administrative costs have ballooned, and this while educational expenditures have risen at a much slower rate. Whether the figures bespeak a concerted vision of Radcliffe's place within the University or merely shoddy bookkeeping, they display spending priorities that are out of line with the best interests of students...
...President Whitney D. Pidot '96 denied allegations that the Salient was in trouble. They did make some admissions. Yes, the Salient had instituted a new policy which calls for writers to sell ads if they want their articles to see the light of day. (If this policy does not bespeak desperation, we don't know what does...
These dual meanings bespeak the two perspectives from which Israel and its backers regard the recent entente. There is one essential difference between the accord's Labor sponsors and its Likud opponents: The latter fail to recognize that the uneasy standoff in the Middle East, though it has proven durable, has an essentially temporary character...