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...implausibility of this love story reflects the nature of first love. Evie and Randy perform all the time-honored rituals of young lovers; they try out each other's music, swap reading lists, and talk about their families. Beneath that, one suspects that little is there. But they persist in creating their own lovers' world, despite the dissent surrounding them. The film doesn't work too hard to escape cliches of high school life and speaks most directly to kids who are still in high school. But "Two Girls" is not about high school or lesbianism, it's about love...
...what information has been made, public, that Grant's decision to withhold such vulnerable information was not only justified by available legal guidelines, but also may have reflected good judgment. Perhaps Harvard has more pertinent information bearing on its ultimate decision; in that case, I wish Harvard would not persist in withholding information from a concerned public. As the parties at Harvard involved in this matter consider which facts to disclose and which to keep private, perhaps they may discover some empathy for the position of Grant...
Still, two troubling trends persist. For one, even with Proposition 187 on the ballot last fall, very few eligible Latinos made it to the polls. For another, African-Americans are growing increasingly resentful of Latinos, who are winning away Blacks' service and government jobs because they have a newly marketable skill: they speak Spanish...
...make sure that these gaps in communication do not persist for 10 or 20 years more, we propose two improvements, linked to Landes' statement, faculty outrage about benefits changes and Knowles' budget letter: more openness by the central administration about records and more regular faculty involvement and input in central administration decision-making...
...want to be an astronaut," Lieut. Hultgreen had told the Miami Herald. "Most of the astronauts are Navy jet pilots first. If you aren't given the same opportunities, you can't compete on the same level." If military colleges persist in keeping women out, then they will always claim that women are not qualified to serve in the military. If the Citadel ever opens its doors to women as the United States armed forces has, then they too might realize that their fears about women in the military are unfounded...