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...Mecca J. Nelson '92, one of the studentswho brought the flyer to the attention of Collegeofficials, said she was not satisfied with thedeans' response...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deans Call Flyer `Insensitive' | 4/22/1992 | See Source »

Tamara Duckworth '91 and Mecca Nelson '92, the students who brought the flierto officials, said they will express theirreaction to the posters in a letter to The Crimsontoday...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde., CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peninsula Flier Draws Accusations of Racism | 4/17/1992 | See Source »

Some house checkers identify with students on another level, by getting involved with their regular house residents' interests and activities. Roberta D. Janus, who checks in Kirkland House, knows her sports, thriving on the house's reputation as a mecca for jocks...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Checking You In | 4/4/1992 | See Source »

...hours of screen time to trace the dramatic transformations of Malcolm's life: from the street hustler who sold drugs and women into the charismatic spokesman for the Black Muslims who preached black self-determination and antiwhite rhetoric and, finally, into the orthodox Muslim who made a hajj to Mecca and embraced universal equality. The studio would prefer a brisk compression of the story. Twice in the past month, Lee and studio executives have faced off in shouting matches in which Lee cited Oliver Stone's 3-hr., 8-min. JFK. If a slain white hero like John F. Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle to Film Malcolm X | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

Certainly it was a financial event. Lee, who had never spent more than $14 million on a film, demanded $40 million in order to portray four distinct periods in Malcolm's life and to go on location for such crucial sequences as his pilgrimage to Mecca. When the studio refused, Lee trimmed his budget to $33 million. Sorry, said the studio, but $20 million was as high as it was willing to go. Lee made up some of the difference by selling the foreign rights for $8.5 million, then went ahead with shooting based on his $33 million projection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle to Film Malcolm X | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

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