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...three picks in the fourth round—but had already selected two highly coveted players in the first round. Midfielder Dilly Duka (Rutgers University) and forward Bright Dike (Notre Dame) were selected with the 8th and 12th overall picks respectively; both will most certainly be on the Columbus?? opening day roster and will occupy two of the four developmental player slots afforded to the Crew...
...significance of the celebration of Columbus Day is tied uniquely to Columbus??s Italian ethnicity and Catholic faith. While The Crimson’s anti-Columbus Day editorial bemoans “Euro-centrism,” they have conveniently forgotten that sad time in recent American history when Catholic ethnic immigrants—especially Italian Americans—were subject to violence and discrimination. It was a time when the expulsion of Southern European “inferiors” from this land was the objective of mainstream nativists in American politics, many of whom found moral...
...because he owned slaves, but rather we honor him as the father of our country. To sacrifice the reputation, dignity, and heroism of a visionary man as a “symbol” for the worst excesses committed by colonial governments is both unfair and obtuse. Christopher Columbus??in his courage, independence of mind, and strong faith—rather symbolizes what was best about our civilization, not what was worst...
Each October, when Americans celebrate Columbus Day, they celebrate Christopher Columbus??s 1492 “discovery” of North America, a continent already home to hundreds of thousands of indigenous inhabitants. In other words, to celebrate Columbus Day is in part to assume that American history, a trajectory that stretches back for centuries before 1492, begins with the presence of white European explorers—an assumption that smacks of an outmoded, Eurocentric worldview. And while the holiday’s national importance has thankfully diminished in recent decades, the trend away from celebrating Columbus...
...only fair to history that we admit that the reason behind our day off, Christopher Columbus?? arrival on our continent, will not be very much on our minds today. Some probably would say that it is good – we should not celebrate his arrival, they say, because the indigenous people of North America certainly did not appreciate the genocide he wrought. But, Harvard, we still appreciate the historical gesture. And though Duke and U Chicago, amongst many other illustrious academic institutions in this nation, are not granting their students rest, you are, dear Harvard...