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...despite the fact that the discussion became spirited at times, the conversation ended on a positive note, with those present praising the rise in sexual publications on campus...
...them. This mentality betrays the potential of the cultural position of black music today. We live in an unprecedented time, in which black artists frequently receive more airplay than white artists and in which the barriers to success are fewer than they’ve ever been. While this rise to the top has been incredibly empowering for black artists, it has not created a dialogue between mainstream hip-hop artists and everyone else.Imagine the places black artists in America could take us if the exploration of other cultures were encouraged and if such artists were unencumbered by the aforementioned...
...masse to attack President Bush and his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The protest song as a genre has been picked clean: artists have circled its corpse like vultures, eager to scavenge every shred of meat they can find. All the preaching of Neil Young, Bright Eyes, and Rise Against, however, can’t come close to matching the depth of insight and feeling offered by The OaKs on their new album, “Songs For Waiting...
...season.“They’ll have the game hyped up,” Hallion said. “It’s a tough place to play but it’s a fun place to play. I’m sure we’ll rise to the challenge.” The Brown tip-off is set for 7 p.m. tonight, and the Yale game will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday. —Staff writer Jake I. Fisher can be reached at jifisher@fas.harvard.edu...
...years for French men, and 17.6 for women - down from nearly 20 years among females in 1996. (Comparable figures in the U.S. show average age for first intercourse as 17.3 years for males and 17.5 for women.) The number of lifetime sexual partners is also on the rise: French women between the ages of 30 and 49 report an average 5.1 amants in their lives (compared to 4 in 1992 and 1.5 in 1970). Men of the same age group give considerably higher numbers - 12.9 partners today - but have changed little over those declared...