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...read a lot of outside books," said Mecca J. Nelson '91, president of the Black Students Association. "The opportunities to study here [about African-American women] are limited, extremely limited...
Visiting Southern California with the kids? Obviously no such vacation would be complete without a trip to that mecca of childhood fantasy: Sonyland...
...would like to continue to have meetings of that sort," says BSA President Mecca J. Nelson '92. "[The sit-in] was a tough position to have us in. The University looks to us for guidance on these issues and maintains an open line to us. The University doesn't work on demands like that...
Religion offers one obvious explanation for the bloody clash. Muslims call the Temple Mount al-Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary. It is home to both the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque and is Islam's third holiest site after Mecca and Medina. To Jews, it is the sacred spot where Solomon's Temple and later the Second Temple once stood. The adjacent Western Wall, a retaining wall from the Second Temple, is the holiest site in Judaism...
...level criticism. If there is any guilt for self-interested complacency to be found, it should be found among all students. The Crimson's singling out of minority groups for blame is simply unnecessary and mistaken. David Shim '91 and Joshua Li '92 Co-presidents, Asian American Association Mecca Nelson '92 President, Black Student Association Tere Riera-Carrion '92 President, La O Erich Fox Tree '91 President, Native Americans at Harvard-Radcliffe The Steering Committee of Raza