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There are far better and longer-lasting solutions than restrictions. A good start would be taking a hard look at the root of the problem. From the wealth of swipe-card data it collects daily, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) wouldn’t be too hard pressed to discover why first-years are deserting Annenberg’s warm wooden confines for a long, cold walk to the River Houses...
...root for a dominant football team that is quickly becoming—dare we say it—a dynasty...
...Negro” was a nonentity. Thus, students, black and white, were “educated” to view blacks as inferior because they were not worth consideration in all the realms of their academic experience. From history to philosophy, anti-black propaganda took root, and black worth withered. This system of education festered on the grounds of educational authority, so it was difficult to perceive the negative effect of this system for blacks collectively. As more students were encouraged to make their “Marx” in the classroom, a subtle devaluation of black worth occurred...
...Assembly's most important task: writing a new Iraqi constitution, which must be drafted by Aug. 15 and put to a nationwide referendum by Oct. 15. Sunnis in and outside Iraq fret that a Shi'ite-dominated Assembly might produce fears of an Iranian-style Shi'ite theocracy taking root in Baghdad. But Iraqi Shi'ite leaders have sought to allay those concerns by emphasizing that they will not press for velayat-e-faqih, or rule by the clergy, which is dreaded by Sunnis and secular Shi'ites. Sistani's group is mindful that the constitution can be scuttled...
...minority representation and denouncing ebonics ("black English"), detractors say he did little to draw attention to the health, education and criminal-justice issues that still cripple many in the black community. Laments Jerome Whyatt Mondesire, president of the group's Philadelphia chapter: "We've moved away from the grass-root courtroom battles that made us relevant to the plight of lower-income blacks...