Word: burgesses
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...from 7.2 million in 1989--who come to walk the white beaches, bask in the sun and surf the foamy waves. The more people in the water, the more chance for attacks. "When we enter the ocean, we're not owed a right to be 100% safe," says George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, which collects data on shark attacks. "This is truly a wilderness experience. It's not like going into our backyard pool...
...controversial comic strip inspired Asian-American students to form alliances with groups like BSA and RAZA to voice their concerns. The Asian American Association (AAA) led the effort to alter The Crimson's "The Misanthropic Mister Chu," authored by Andrew Haiwen Chu '02 and Alexis G. Burgess '02, arguing that the strip reinforces stereotypes about Asians...
...authors, however, argued that their strip was being misread, as were their intentions. Chu wrote in the Advocate that the strip was autobiographical and that his and Burgess' hope was simply to "end up posted on doors in the math department...