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...discrimination. The article appeared in the paper’s annual prank edition.The column began, “Hi Princeton! Remember me? I so good at math and science. Perfect 2400 SAT score. Ring bells?”The writers, some of whom were Asian, said that their intent was not to insult Asians, but rather to mock the very stereotypes racism employs.But many on campus found the article offensive and 629 students have joined the Facebook group “Dear Daily Prince, This Isn’t Funny, It’s Racist.”Only...
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...kind of politics.” The announcement had been expected for weeks, shocking few. “It wasn’t much of a surprise,” said the president of the Harvard College Democrats, Brigit M. Helgen ’08. “His intent has been pretty clear, for example, with his trips to New Hampshire.” Support, at least within the Dems, seems to be divided. “There is a strong ‘Students for Obama’ group, but at this point, I would say it?...
...longer-term problem for oil companies is that the wild swings in petroleum prices are spooking the auto industry. After years of paying lip service to improving fuel economy, automakers finally seem intent on producing alternatives to the internal combustion engine. That was apparent at the Detroit auto show this month, where GM and Ford unveiled advanced battery-powered concept cars such as the Chevrolet Volt and Ford Airstream. Even if the Detroit automakers don't build those models - and they probably won't - they know they need to get higher-mileage vehicles on the road, be it hybrids, hydrogen...
...creators of The First Emperor were clearly intent on sharpening the film's (already pretty clear) political stance. "Qin Shi Huangdi was pretty much like Mao Zedong," Tan Dun told Martin Steinberg of The Associated Press. "He unified China. He made the language, made the measuring system, made the currency. ... But on the other hand, imagine how many other kingdoms' tribes he wiped out, how many other languages he destroyed, and the culture and books burned...