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...National Apartheid Protest Day. Despite a summer of violence in South Africa, student organizers were unable to duplicate last spring's mass demonstrations. Though about 2,000 gathered in Manhattan, Columbia's hometown, only a small group attended a teach-in on apartheid at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. At Connecticut's Wesleyan University, some 100 protesting students were arrested. Even the University of California, Berkeley, turned out only 1,000 protesters. A student leader blamed midterm exams for the lack of enthusiasm...
...black leaders seethed--but in silence. No longer. After Farrakhan laced a + speech in Los Angeles last month with racist remarks, Mayor Tom Bradley condemned the Black Muslim's "dangerous" anti-Semitism and said he and the minister were "poles apart." Before Farrakhan was to speak this week in Madison Square Garden, a coalition of the city's black and Jewish leaders denounced him. Said black City Clerk David Dinkins: "When (Farrakhan's) opinions express racial prejudice and bigotry, we cannot be silent, for in this climate, silence can often suggest assent...
Even before he joined Sears, Roebuck in 1956 as a salesman in Madison, Wisc., there was little doubt that Edward Brennan would find a home in the company. Working for Sears was a tradition in Brennan's family: both his parents were buyers for the firm, as were a grandfather and two uncles. Brennan, however, rose much farther through the ranks of the largest U.S. retailer. When Chairman Edward Telling, 66, announced last week that he will retire at year's end, it came as no surprise that he named Brennan, Sears' president since 1984, as his successor...
Kristen Bland contributed to the win by outplaying Ingrid Hetz of James Madison, 4--6, 6--3, 6--2, capturing the B-flight victory...
...Does have experience and is talented. Look for him to open it up today. Can run and pass. Knows Multiflex. * QUARTERBACK: Senior Stan Yagiello (89-151-1216-8TDs-4INTs) is the be-all and endall for the Tribe. He holds every major W&M passing record. Against James Madison, he had 405 yards passing. The guy is good. Real good. The best Harvard will face all year. RUNNING 'BACKS: Robert Santiago might be the best in the Ivy League, but so far he's not even the best on his own squad. Rufus Jones leads all rushers with...