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...supernatural powers to immobilize the police and other "evil scoundrels" by pointing at them and thinking "freeze." Do that, he says, and they "will do whatever you want." Believers who renounce Falun Gong, even under duress in labor camps, are given little sympathy. They are expected to reaffirm their faith on the Falun Gong website and sign their names, despite facing certain rearrest. Although it's impossible to tell how many people still practice secretly, growing numbers seem to feel they can't meet the expectations of their exiled leaders. "Lots of people say they don't want...
This year, Cho said, "'Gaypril' is meant to be a positive experience for everyone and reaffirm pride in the gay community, while maintaining commitment to the diversity of experience of our members...
These four teams--No. 1 Dartmouth, No. 3 Harvard, No. 4 St. Lawrence, and No. 5 Brown--had distinguished themselves throughout the regular season, and although none of the weekend's wins came easily, the quarterfinals did reaffirm their status as the class of the league...
Duggan's ruling will most likely be appealed. It is also possible that the Supreme Court will take this case, or a similar one, to clarify the Bakke precedent. We hope that a future court, even with some President Bush appointees, will reaffirm the constitutionality of using race as one of many factors in the admissions process. And, if the Supreme Court does takes an affirmative action case, Harvard should again voice support for the educational benefits of campus diversity...
...recognition of Inauguration Day as a University holiday would not only reaffirm the central importance of the political process, but would also make a statement of faith in the students against cynical arguments that apathetic youth would fail to use the day in the spirit in which it is intended. If students are to be made good citizens as well as scholars, they must be trusted to make the most of Inauguration Day--not denied the opportunity to watch and listen lest some of their classmates choose to waste their new-found freedom. A day to be written...