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...movie's profile than the movie could ever do for his. It's about global warming, for goodness' sakes. A significant portion of its visual content consists of charts. It's the concert video only Al Gore could be the star of. Gore's groupies in the Geographic rotunda responded to him in the way high school students greet a returning alum who has surpassed expectations, but that glamour tarnishes quickly should he start hanging around the lunchroom all the time...
...months ago, 150 religious leaders gathered in the rotunda of the Capitol to pray for the failure of a budget bill that would cut $40 billion from education, health care, and child support for low-income families while giving tax cuts to the rich. The participants in this civil disobedience protest included Catholic bishops, Protestant ministers, rabbis, imams, and volunteers who work at faith-based charities—a diverse group, united by a conviction that this budget bill was against their deepest religious beliefs. The protestors knew that they would be arrested for blocking the entrance of the Capitol...
...Harvey, the president of the Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity at the American Council on Education, was appointed the first vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity on Sept. 13—after the series of incidents but before Casteen’s Rotunda speech...
...talked to some old alumni, and they were astonished” with the administration’s reaction, says Drew Austria, the president of the Asian Student Union at UVa. In particular, Austria says they were particularly impressed by Casteen’s Rotunda speech...
...president and [the board] felt it was important to be very public—and we already were very public—but to get out there and stand on the steps of the Rotunda, and let everyone know how despicable these acts are and we don’t tolerate them in our community,” says UVa spokeswoman Wood...