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Lawrence King, an eighth grader who identified as gay and wore makeup and nail polish, was 15 when he was declared brain dead on Feb. 13. The day before, he had been shot in the head in an Oxnard, Calif., classroom full of students. Police have charged a sweet-faced boy called Brandon McInerney, 14, with first-degree murder and with a hate crime. According to the Los Angeles Times and KTLA, McInerney and some other boys accosted King about his sexuality on Feb. 11. Students apparently often taunted King, who didn't even have a safe home to return...
...results, the entire Crimson squad is already progressing toward higher placements this season, according to Teng. “In the past, we were fighting so hard not to get last place,” Teng said. “Now, we are actually trying to move up to eighth place, where last place is not even a concern. We’ve really come a long way in that sense”. Next weekend, Harvard travels west to ski in the Williams Winter Carnival, looking to move into eighth place. “We are very quantitatively and very...
...runner-up height of 3.70 meters (12’1”), respectively. Becky Christensen led Harvard high jumpers with a 1.73 meter (5’8”) jump. On the men’s side, the Crimson effort was highlighted by senior Andrew Lipkin’s eighth place and IC4A qualifying time of 14:32.07 in the 5000 meter on Saturday, which set a new Harvard season record in the event. “When your teammates go out and do well, it really adds energy to the rest of the team,” said men?...
...belong to a pool of supposedly disadvantaged minorities. I struggle with the skewed concept of race in America. For some reason, having black blood is almost seen as some kind of contamination. How would this racial-political dialogue play out if, say, Obama were one-fourth or one-eighth black? I am reminded of the Christian teachings on original sin. However good, intelligent or capable a person you might be, there is something that still taints your righteousness. Whether we like it or not, Obama's black half will ultimately lead to the demise of his presidential aspirations. Yohanne Kidolezi...
...have enough muscle, and the consequences are severe. Although national scores have improved slightly and the racial achievement gap is narrowing in some parts of the country, NCLB fails to accomplish what its proponents said it would. Fourth graders can read in South Carolina but not in Tennessee. Eighth grade test scores are improving, but high school scores are plummeting...