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...face of it, the Oxnard shooting is another tragic case of a gun-toting kid with inappropriate access to a deadly weapon. But this incident has implications beyond gun control laws (California’s are some of the nation??s strongest). The killer, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, murdered King not because he had access to a gun, but because King had declared his “abnormal” sexuality both explicitly and, allegedly, by dressing and acting in what was perceived to be an inappropriately feminine manner...
According to Faust, the high standards of the nation??s most prestigious colleges have been maintained through “a careful balancing of the needs of the current generations of students against the preservation of sufficient resources for generations to come...
...Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on blast when, on his 1992 album “Sex and Violence”—he proclaimed: “You want to see the devil, take a look at Clarence Thomas.” Thomas, who now serves as the nation??s second-ever African American on the country’s highest court, has been billed as the quintessential black sellout in America because of his conservative (read: unfavorable) stance on affirmative action, his officiation of Rush Limbaugh’s wedding, and other acts deemed worthy...
...usual perspective by tilting particular photos at angles. In this way, a formerly stable image in the world’s collective psyche can shift, to become a wavering mass of once-familiar images. Although not as iconic as the Eiffel Tower, the Boston Athenaeum was one of the nation??s first independent libraries. Created in 1806, it quickly became a huge success. By 1851, it was one of the five largest libraries in the United States. Past members include Ralph Waldo Emerson, class of 1821, and John Quincy Adams, class of 1787. Nowadays, paid membership is still...
...isn’t the only community grappling with the political questions surrounding black theatre. August Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner who is, according to University professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., “the most accomplished black playwright in this nation??s history,” sparked a public debate on the matter with his 1996 speech at the Theatre Communications Group biennial conference. In this speech before a largely white audience of the nation??s foremost theatrical professionals, Wilson specifically attacked Robert Brustein, theatre critic...