Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...League Player of the Week forward Sandra Whyte fired a slapshot from just inside the blueline past New Hampshire goalie Erin Whitten. Whyte converted a pass from classmate Ginny Simonds to put the Crimson ahead...
...unsettling realization for me, since I plan to pursue the career in political cartooning and general social satire that I nurtured at Harvard. As my career at The Crimson fades into the past tense, I recognize that I have chosen a medium that is restricted to those who already care about the issues. And to those who read. And these segments of the population are endangered species...
When confronted with undeniable evidence of abuses, Zealots sometimes turn to rationalization. "Human rights violations must be taken in context," read one response. Granted, Israel is a threatened nation. Granted, Jews have endured incredible suffering in the past. Granted, Israel's Arab neighbors are, in general, much less observant of civil liberties than Israel...
Sunder's article, and perhaps some of our students, have chosen to view these discussions among ourselves with a peculiarly conspiratorial twist. By nearly universal consensus here, we have occasionally experienced instances of offensive or violatory behavior in the past. As Master Pfister's letter points out, these may well be isolated incidents, but they also color our perceptions and inform our concerns. Would anyone among us argue that it is reasonable or appropriate, for example, to demand a blow job for a bottle of Freixenet, or to call someone a "faggot" because he or she refuses to have...
Violatory incidents may be isolated, and they may be confined to the past. Our ongoing discussion presumes no present or future behavior, however, nor does it characterize all behavior in terms of excesses; it only serves to heighten awareness and to inform. At Kirkland House, we have chosen to engage in a continuing dialogue about such issues because we care enough about the well-being of our whole community to talk about it from time to time. Ms. Sunder's misunderstandings only serve to perpetuate the worst stereotypes of our house. The Crimson has chosen to portray as "dirty laundry...