Word: quakers
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...also coming off an extended break for exams. Penn (8-5), meanwhile, stumbled through the first half of last year’s Ivy slate and has been inconsistent in the early portion of its schedule this year. Star forward Ugonna Onyekwe is coming off a demotion by Quaker coach Fran Dunphy. Onyekwe, whose underachieving has repeatedly drawn Dunphy’s ire, was left out of his team’s starting lineup for five straight games prior to Tuesday’s win over La Salle...
Born in 1912 into a Quaker family in West Chester, Pa., Rustin from an early age dedicated his life to social causes. Trained as an activist by the Quakers, Rustin went to New York City and, unfortunately, dabbled in Communist Party activity before quitting in disgust in 1941. Mentored by black labor organizer A. Philip Randolph, Rustin worked in the trade-union movement before becoming a conscientious objector in World War II. He took his pacifism to an extreme, going to a federal penitentiary rather than in any way aiding the war effort...
Last Thursday, President George W. Bush visited Philadelphia, the city of Brotherly Love founded by Quaker settlers, to tout his latest initiative to increase the involvement of religious groups in carrying out the federal government’s goals. While his remarks were punctuated by calls of “amen” by the group of religious and community activists assembled for his address, the actual measure that he was unveiling is worthy of anything but praise...
Only 11 minutes later, he contributed some more, taking a through ball and flicking it over the sliding Quaker keeper. Morrow was dragged down from behind before he could finish the goal, earning Harvard a penalty kick...
...structure remained intact—just significantly bent—and the Quaker faithful eventually headed home, back to the dorms where they could further bask in their drunken glee and eventually sober up and realize they still go to school in Philadelphia. And the goalpost remained at an angle, a pathetic but enduring symbol of triumph...