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...late 1960s, Harvard University was a strange land, indeed, for African and African-American students," he wrote in an essay published in Kuumba's 30th anniversary commemorative booklet. "Not only did the curriculum offer little that dealt with the unique history and experience of black people, but the institution itself was culturally alien, and sometimes even hostile, to students of African descent...
...Photo Essay...
...excited about this Expos paper. At first, I was going to write on character development in Plato’s Five Dialogues, and then I thought it would be much more beautiful to write about color imagery in this Civil War essay we read...I know!! He is soooo cute!...Sure I miss Brian, but it’s not like I can go to Lehigh to visit him every weekend...No, I’m positive we’re going to get married someday...
Joyce Carol Oates wrote a semiserious essay, "Against Nature," in which she noted that the natural world lacks such essentials as a sense of irony or humor. An observer of otters at mealtime (all day) might argue about the sense of humor. But it is certainly true that compared with the throbbing of insistent newness--city life--one's responses to the natural world, such as peace, awe and piety, are pretty tame...
...back door of University Hall a minute later and accepted my Bowdoin Prize Essay Contest submission. A great sense of relief and triumph flooded through me as I stepped down the stairs and past the guards. As I stepped out of the shadow of University Hall I felt a beatific smile taking charge of my face. There was nothing else they could do to get in the way. I had won my battle with Harvard University...