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...goal of these mixes and the parties is to raise people's musical standards here at Harvard, and give them a musical experience they can gain value from," said Zisiadis. Lofty words...
...words on what to takeaway from the regional tournament this weekend. “This was our second time at this regional tournament, and I feel it can act as a huge learning experience for us,” Sheldon said. “We can gain a great message from this event, and while it will be tough to recover next year with the three seniors that we lose, I feel next year has the chance to be a really fun year for us.” —Staff writer Thomas D. Hutchison can be reached...
...poll follows a week-long campaign in April to gain recognition for ROTC on campus, with Motley noting that a similar poll on Columbia’s campus led to full-scale dialogue between students and faculty members on the policy...
...that Kemp sought to build bridges across racial lines solely for political gain, would ignore much of his 73 years. After growing up in largely white LA of the 1940s, he confronted racial prejudice as a young professional quarterback playing games occasionally in the Jim Crow South. When his (then) Los Angeles Chargers traveled to Houston for a 1960 game, the team had to stay at University of Houston dorms because no hotels would accept black players. Kemp joined other teammates in bolting a movie theater that restricted black members to the balcony. Four years later, Kemp arrived...
...secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H.W. Bush that Kemp began to realize political possibilities for Republicans committed to racial progress, said Scott Reed, his chief of staff at HUD. He championed public housing tenants over developers, even spending a night in a Philadelphia project to gain perspective. He pushed for urban enterprise zones that offered tax incentives to lure investment to blighted communities. "It generated headlines that were nontraditional for Republicans," said Reed, who went on to run Dole's 1996 campaign. "It gave him an opportunity to show Republicans that it works...