Word: coring
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...This diversity does not delegitimize Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, nor does Kwanzaa's relative newness. No one, including "would-be wise man" Maulana Karenga, is insisting that all black Americans exist in the same social spaces. Kwanzaa is about certain core values and norms and very little about Africa. We hope anyone who comments on Kwanzaa has thoroughly researched the rituals involved therein. They will find that they have no basis in any actual African practices or religion...
...Liebert does not note that racism, an ideology that views minority groups as culturally and/or biologically inferior, is also a social construction. At their core, Black History Month and Kwanzaa are simply cultural constructions drafted to fight against racism, the most irrational construct of all. They cannot be considered outside of that context...
Also at noon, Science Center B will overflow with students for History of Science Professor Everett I. Mendelsohn's course, Historical Studies A-18, "Science and Society in the Twentieth Century." Among Historical Studies A Core courses, the course has a reputation for attracting a sizable percentage of science concentrators; Mendelsohn calculates they make up 50 to 60 percent of the enrollment. Many have flocked to the course out of fear, reasoning that if the College requires them to take a history course, they might as well learn the history of something they already know--science--instead of studying international...
...Paltz. "She transcends ordinary politics here. The analogy is Bobby Kennedy"--another out-of-stater who was elected to the Senate in 1964. New York has 1.9 million more registered Democrats than Republicans, and Hillary's presence in the race would whip them into a frenzy. Among the Democrats' core constituencies--Manhattan liberals, women, unions and minorities--Hillary would bury Giuliani. The mayor's relations with blacks, especially, are precarious. The city's crackdown on crime has led to an increase in complaints against police and a sense of siege among blacks. The police shooting last month of Amadou Diallo...
...Arts c-37 Demand for theological primer bests perennial favorite (see above) in the Core market, We'd take God over Mankiw anyday...