Word: reminding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somber occasion, commemorating the life of a young man who had been wrongly shot to death on Feb. 4 by New York Police Department (NYPD) officers. His death is only the latest in a series of police brutality cases over the last year, but it serves to remind us all the more of the fine line between enforcing "law and order" and destroying civil liberties...
...skunk and hawk remind me of how odd our college life is. We religiously obey our codes of dress and comportment, worry about social dynamics too subtle for any sociologist, as though the laws that govern our behavior here were binding in every possible universe. We become completely blind to the nature that teems around us, our eyes glued to the narrow path ahead...
...poet Philip Larkin calls this atmosphere "the unreal life/Of exercises, marks, honor, speech days and games,/And the interesting and pretty animals that inspired it all." It's no wonder that a real animal can so unsettle us. The rare, wild beasts of the Yard remind us that there's world outside of Harvard. Beyond the classes and parties and grad-school acceptances, another life awaits. Like the skunk and hawk, we'll have to forage for our food instead of having it handed to us. But this world needn't frighten us so long as we acknowledge its existence...
Unfortunately, the two specified not only misrepresent Cultural Rhythms, but they create racial tension and distrust among students who may use The Crimson as their only source of information. Again we remind you that this is an undergraduate student program that is organized by students of many races and cultures. We appeal to you to offer positive support for the hard work of these students and to their dedication to improving intercultural and race relations. NANA E. COLEMAN...
...Unfortunately, the two specified not only misrepresent Cultural Rhythms, but they create racial tension and distrust among students who may use The Crimson as their only source of information. Again we remind you that this is an undergraduate student program that is organized by students of many races and cultures. We appeal to you to offer positive support for the hard work of these students and to their dedication to improving intercultural and race relations...