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...main reasons we're out here is we're protesting against the model of leadership Greenspan represents," he said, wearing a mortarboard inscribed with the words "I-bank, therefore...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS O malley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Graduates Protest Greenspan Speech | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...toss that mortarboard in the air just yet. The President's plan could become part of the problem as well as part of the solution. Many education professionals fear that the scholarships, aimed at the middle class, would benefit too many families that don't need the help and encourage colleges to raise tuition even higher. "It's just plain hucksterism," says Robert Zemsky, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Research on Higher Education. "Lots of people told the White House and the Education Department that this was nuts. I imagine every treasurer of every private university...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIS PLAN: MORE HARM THAN GOOD? | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...This fact is important because racism exists in many insidious sites, from the Police poster reinscribing the myth of the criminal black male to common dictionary representations of ethnicity (see also the illustrations for 'chopsticks,' 'turban' and 'mortarboard' if you are ready to be offended)," the letter said...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Group Takes Credit for Fake Poster | 12/19/1995 | See Source »

ALLEN SIGHS RESIGNEDLY when she is asked the Powell question. Yes, she will be protesting. "I'll definitely be wearing an armband and a sticker on my mortarboard," she says, adding "I think the balloon is a stupid idea. It's going to look like a party, not a protest...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Making Her Own Schedule, Setting Her Own Pace | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...organizing protests inside the Yard, plans to distribute 7,000 balloons before Powell speaks, representing what they say are the number of gay, lesbian and bisexual soldiers ejected from the military under Powell's tenure as Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They also plan to distribute mortarboard stickers and to chant "Lift the ban" while Powell receives his honorary degree...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: Groups Will Stage Rally | 5/14/1993 | See Source »

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