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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What do these shifts mean for everyday life at Harvard? They create a disturbing tendency toward complacence and silence. Scraped into the paint of an inner door of the Comstock elevator of Pforzheimer House are the letters "KKK." They have been clearly visible for the last four months. Although some obviously annoyed student scraped over the marks, they are still clearly visible. The elevator needs to be repainted. When this monogram of hate appeared on the walls of Mather three years ago, not only did The Crimson cover the incident, but there was also a forum on race...

Author: By Bashir A. Salahuddin, | Title: The Cycles of Protest | 2/20/1998 | See Source »

...always had good ideas. Ten years ago, on a Saturday afternoon, my older brother decided that we should paint clouds on the ceiling of our bedroom. I quickly agreed with my big brother and after a little parental arm-twisting, he and I had the go-ahead. We walked to the paint store on Broadway, chattering as we went about how cool our new room would be. We brought home two gallons of light blue latex paint and, standing on stools, we drew cloud shapes with a marker on the white ceiling. We pried open the paint cans...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: Interior Design: Heavenly Inspiration | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...paint drooled off the ceiling and into our eyes, onto our clothes and all over the antique bureau. (Mom and Dad didn't like that.) But by the next day, we had finished. Like Michaelangelo painting the Sistine chapel, we revolted against the constraints of architecture and created a window to the heavens. Or maybe we just made a mess...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: Interior Design: Heavenly Inspiration | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

Scott, by then a full-fledged resident of the zone, drained a three from the right corner and dished unselfishly to Fisher in the paint off a baseline drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scott Steps Up | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: Kenneth Starr brought Monica Lewinsky's mother before his grand jury for a second day's testimony today, determined to paint the former White House intern into an evidentiary corner. Marcia Lewis yesterday spent three hours testifying before Starr's investigation, having failed to overturn a subpoena against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monica's Mom Testifies | 2/10/1998 | See Source »

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