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...control entitlements Bill Clinton has so successfully campaigned on, would mean that by 2002, there would be no room in the federal budget for any domestic spending at all--even The Crimson's precious jobs bill--without a huge tax increase. And who would bear the brunt of that? The very students who today read The Crimson. Maybe the Crimson editorial writers should look at how much more they'll pay in taxes before writing their next ill-founded liberal apologia. --William M. Jay '98 Parliamentarian, Harvard Republican Club
...supporters. There are obviously plenty of racists remaining in America, but the reason the Defense of Marriage Act could not pass for another group is that it is far more publicly acceptable to insult gays and thus more acceptable to legally discriminate against them. Homosexuals are still the safe brunt of any joke...
Unarmed Tutsi civilians, most of them landholders, are bearing the brunt of the ethnic cleansing. Despite decades of peaceful coexistence with local Hutu, at least 50,000 Tutsi have been forced to flee since 1995, most to squalid refugee camps just across the Rwandan border. In the Masisi highlands, two small groups of Tutsi remain. Desire Gaspira, 40, a veterinary nurse born in the area, is among them. "Before, Tutsi and Hutu worked together," he said last month. "We drank together. We were brothers. Now we are enemies." In nearby Goma a Tutsi aid worker explained the dilemma facing...
When the ground was broken almost a year ago on the renovations to Memorial Hall, we rejoiced that a new student center was to be included in the historic Ware and Van Brunt building. When Loker Commons opened its doors in the fall term, we weren't disappointed.... The well-designed pine-stained study nooks ensure students a high degree of privacy, while the open areas...are great places to mix and mingle with fellow students, hold informal meetings and grab a quick bite...
This historic reversal has been welcomed by many in the African-American community. In some cities--Denver, for example--the dismantling of mandatory desegregation has been initiated by black leaders, since it is often black children who bear the brunt of such plans--forced to travel long distances to schools where they may not be welcome. In Yonkers, New York, late last year the local leader of the N.A.A.C.P. was suspended by the national organization for declaring that busing had outlived its usefulness. Clinton Adams Jr., a black attorney who is sufficiently abrasive to qualify as a militant in Kansas...