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Find it difficult to enjoy higher culture? Scared of arriving underdressed at a gala event or ending up mired in conversations with condescending elite...
...Commencement was the last gala until theclose of the war. Although we knew that our dateswould soon be in uniform, on Class Night we dancedin fashionabe floor-length formal dresses to themusic of Ruby Newman's orchestra...
...recent events have made painfully clear, the cheery exterior the president witnessed at the autumn gala belied a deeply ingrained, troubling problem, one that is wrapped up in a community of difference: Racial tensions continue to rip the University fabric, as students, faculty and administrators draw seemingly uncrossable lines on issues of diversity and insensitivity...
...would think, from reading these passages, that Goodman was writing about the gala opening of a much anticipated movie or some gigantic social event replete with laughter, gold lame gowns and bubbly cocktails...
Walsh managed to raise approximately $28,000 through donations and some slightly more posh revenue generators, such as a June boat cruise, which cost $3000, and a pre-election gala at the Sheraton Commander on Friday. But in spite of the pomp that surrounds many of the bigger-spending candidates' fundraising events, most candidates and campaign managers, despite their large budgets, still say they belive in a grassroots approach to building financial and political support...