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Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott helped lead a successful battle to prevent his college fraternity from admitting blacks to any of its chapters, in a little-known incident now four decades old. At a time when racial issues were roiling campuses across the South, some chapters of Sigma Nu fraternity in the Northeast were considering admitting African-American members, a move that would have sent a powerful statement through the tradition-bound world of sororities and fraternities. At the time, Lott was president of the intra-fraternity council at the University of Mississippi. When the issue came to a head...
...bitter debate over the issue took place at the convention in a New Orleans hotel, as Johnson recalls. Sigma Nu's executive secretary Richard Fletcher, a legendary figure in the fraternity, pleaded with the Sigma Nus to find some common ground between those who wanted to integrate and those who didn't, Johnson says. But the southerners were unbending about permitting no exceptions to the all-white policy. With their chapters threatening a walkout, the fraternity voted overwhelmingly to remain all-white...
...outdone, the Republicans emerged from the restaurant to wave Sununu signs and chant “Su-nu-nu...
...into the bustling heart of the modern city. Caf?s, bookstores, cinemas and clubs are located along pedestrianized Istiklal Street, just off the square, where society swells rub shoulders with street urchins. Choose one of the many bars and caf?s, from funky student hangouts to the ultra-hip, four-story Nu Pera complex, which houses a bar, a nightclub and a restaurant. Stop off at the Fish Market here
With punishing but radio-friendly guitar riffs and aggressive but tuneful vocals, SOiL’s Scars toes the line between hard rock and metal, and manages to entertain from start to finish. For those who are interested in nu-metal without the “I’m sixteen and I hate my Dad” kiddie-angst, SOiL’s Scars may well be an album to heal...