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...Hispanics and people of African descent are disproportionately represented in every aspect of the criminal justice system," Ogletree said. "As we begin a new century, it is appropriate for CJI to revisit this discussion and bring together a broad cross-section of activists, academics, members of law enforcement, and others to seek solutions...
...years, she headed a theatre group that performed plays written by Portuguese writers at the Saint Anthony's Church. She also ran a program to help children of Portuguese descent learn to read and write Portuguese. She also still spends time fundraising...
While Chang and Ethan Yeh '03, who helped organize the forum, said they were pleased with the discussion and with the crowd diversity, some audience members said they wished more persons of non-Asian descent had attended the event...
...pilot announces our descent and we land at 7:50. My hopes for a smooth finale to our infernal voyage are rapidly extinguished. We taxi around for a bit, as if the plane needs more exercise. The depressed pilot says that Logan only has six gates for shuttles and that they are all occupied. A shuttle ahead of us waits for a gate as well. Risking a brouhaha, the pilot says that it could be another 15 to 30 minutes. The plane harmoniously sighs in unison and many break out cell phones to report the status of their misery...
...spirituality. He had started making short films at 10 and eventually went on to study filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In 1992, at 21, Shyamalan wrote, directed and starred in Praying with Anger, a low-budget film about an American of Indian descent who goes to India. Five years later he made his first studio film, the comedy Wide Awake. It was a commercial and critical disaster. Discouraged, Shyamalan found his writing got "darker and deeper." The result was The Sixth Sense. Now Shyamalan thinks Wide Awake's failure was a blessing: "Had that...