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...college's official sports emblem. Having insulted Native Americans at the college with that campaign. The Review proceeded to harass Dartmouth's gays. The paper printed the names of all members of the school's Gay Students' Association, some of whom had not yet come out of the closet. And The Review launched a drive to revive the sexist custom of crowning a "queen" during Winter Carnival, outraging the school's female minority...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: Crying Out in Ignorance | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

...house he had to share with three mischievous younger sisters, Steven would take the standard boy's revenge: lock them in the closet and then throw in the thing they feared most. "He used to scare the hell out of them," Leah says. "When they were going to sleep, he would creep under their window and whisper, 'I'm the moon!' " But the fraternal bogeyman was also a small festival of phobias. "My biggest fear was a clown doll," he says. "Also the tree I could see outside my room. Also anything that might be under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Steve's Summer Magic | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...hatred for the Russians. All we need are more elected officials, or a strong leader outside everyday politics (Director, could it be you?), who are willing to take a stand. And before you know it guys and other minorities of our choice will be at least back in the closet, and probably hiding in a few attics. They will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Follow the Leader | 5/28/1982 | See Source »

...Marglin, only mainstream economics occupies a permanent place on the top floor of Littauer Marglin's own appointment was in many ways, a fluke Wild speculation has accompanied the story of his tenure. "I have been accused or admired, depending on your point of view, of having been a closet radical all those years, and just waiting until I got tenure to show my true colors." Marglin says. "I wish I could claim such foresight, but the reality is more prosaic...

Author: By Michael S. Terris, | Title: Radical Isolation | 5/21/1982 | See Source »

...FRIEND OF OURS was recently told he'll be living in a North House sink closet" next Really...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Home Wanted | 5/14/1982 | See Source »

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