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...RELEASED. LIU JINGSHENG, 50, Chinese pro-democracy campaigner and co-founder of the underground magazine Tansuo (Explorations); after 12 years in prison for counterrevolutionary activity; in Beijing. Liu, who participated in the 1978 Democracy Wall movement, was arrested after he helped establish the China Freedom and Democracy Party following the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Human-rights activists called Liu's release two years before the end of his sentence a conciliatory gesture to the international community by the Chinese government...
...wealthy and white, where houses were not randomized and the number of student groups was just a tiny fraction of what it is today. He and Ian will bring together students, faculty and alumni to transition to a stronger organization to have a greater impact on campus. They will establish more formal working relationships with other student councils within the University to coordinate on campus events and advocacy initiatives...
Harvard students have cultural connections that they could use to establish same-sex relationships as positive—much more subtly than pictures in textbooks ever could. Abstract discussions of politics seldom change people’s positions on issues of sexuality and often produce fiestas of misunderstanding and scorn. It is far more effective to give homosexuality a face. Small things like offhandedly mentioning a friend your mother met while visiting is gay or watching the occasional movie with a positively depicted gay character can go a long way toward eroding the impersonal concept...
...home than do white families of similar incomes. Moreover, as relative newcomers to their communities, black families tend to lack access to the informal networks white parents use to trade intelligence about the best teachers, classes and strategies for guaranteeing success. As a remedy, he suggests having teachers establish a good rapport with students early on and create homework assignments that show how academic subjects connect to real life. Black parents, he says, should become more proactive and vigilant...
...world. The presidential campaign was not a shining model of democracy but a no-holds-barred push to win at any cost--a sort of politics of mutually assured destruction. We should delay any future elections until the Democrats and Republicans agree to sign a peace treaty and re-establish the integrity of our nation. DAISY SWADESH Farmington...