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...delivery, roads and electricity has plummeted dramatically in South Africa, thus reducing us to a Third World country. If this is anything to do with the ruling party's skin color, America's infrastructure should ensure that it remains a First World country, notwithstanding the fact that its President-elect is African American. Vivienne Lloyd, GERMISTON, SOUTH AFRICA
...Perhaps as a result, every time that I’ve cleared the hurdle of staying awake past pre-festivities, I wake up the next morning to realize that I’ve done something horrific during the actual festivities. Last May, I threw a drink at the president-elect of a large campus organization, then announced to the room that he regularly wears women’s jeans. This Halloween, I spent two successfully inebriated hours trying to take a friend’s shirt off—not because I wanted to seduce him, but because I just...
...running the Office of Strategic Partnerships for the city’s Department of Education from 2002 to 2004 and now raising private funding as vice chair of the Fund for Public Schools.Though known as reticent, Kennedy took an increasingly public role in this year’s presidential election, endorsing President-elect Barack Obama in a Jan. 27, 2008 New York Times opinion piece entitled “A President Like My Father” and serving on Obama’s vice-presidential search committee.Hunt said that although Kennedy has shied away from public office until...
...doesn’t really change anything.” What needs to change, according to James, is the culture and the mentality of the UC. If you feel like you’ve heard those words before, you have. Many times, in many speeches from the president-elect. But when asked whether their campaign was inspired by Barack Obama, Wong replied, “Actually, it was the other way around.” “If you see any similarities between our campaign and his campaign,” James adds, “it?...
Wise said he first discussed coming to Harvard to talk about race several months ago. “A funny thing happened on the way to Harvard Law School,” he said, jokingly referencing the election of President-elect Barack Obama. “So now, racism is over. Thank you for coming and good night...