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Thomas M. Bechtold ’04 is a white Minnesotan whose blocking group is predominantly black. He says blockmate Gerard McGeary ’04 seems to know every other black man on campus, and that through their mostly black blocking group, he’s met many more black students than he would have otherwise. What does he get out of that? “More friends,” he says simply. McGeary once invited Bechtold to Freshman Black Table. Despite having friends in the group, Bechtold felt like an outsider. “They weren?...
...criticized a reader from Georgia. "The court jester may attend important meetings," wrote a Floridian, "but he is still just a clown." Suggested a Louisianian: "If Bono wants to help the poor, he should start by selling his expensive sunglasses and wristwatch. Mother Teresa he's not." And a Minnesotan was downright caustic: "Can Bono save the world? Sure, when Cher cures cancer and Britney Spears has a plan for peace in the Middle East." Ouch...
...Californian who took offense at our youthful emblem of vulnerability, "but there are others who don't consider this a flattering mirror and who wonder if there is not just a little more contempt than compassion for those whom it is your ambition to inform." Or as a Minnesotan put it, "Please portray the American public as it is--grown-up and thoroughly confused...
...fighting allow kids to be kids?" asked a confounded mom. A woman from Alabama asserted, "Being a child does not mean you have to be childish." "I prefer polite, respectful behavior over the taunting and bullying that pervade public schools," agreed a North Carolinian. A 16-year-old Minnesotan attested, "We home-schooled children have time for imaginative, unstructured play and the freedom to be innocent. I wonder, How does this make for less of a childhood...
...Many of you had a distinct lack of empathy for these young offenders. "The more liberal among us may feel sorry for these punks and make excuses for them," charged a Minnesotan, who recommended, "you should do a follow-up and tell the story of the victims' families." A New Hampshire man strongly echoed that thought: "These prisoners may grieve for lost opportunities and freedom, but where are the grief and remorse for the pain they caused their unsuspecting victims and their families?" In the faraway Maldives, a reader was more than content to keep his distance from our killer...