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...California scholar who graduated first in his Harvard Law School class nine years ago has accepted a tenured professorship at the school...
...about voter participation or the empirical process of redistricting, but precious few were engaged in current research about minority politics or representation. At the time I was seeking a thesis advisor, Thomson Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson, the lone Black tenured professor in the department, was the only scholar listed as a specialist in minority politics...
Although my professors and my thesis advisor (a scholar in residence) have all been supportive, I do wonder about how things might have been different with more specialists in this important field. Scores of qualified professors of all colors nationwide have done extensive research on minority and urban politics. Undergraduates should not be obliged to flock to the one person of color who serves as the resident expert on issues in which minorities are involved. I believe that such a situation strongly resembles tokenism...
...Fiennes, who stars in a production that has traveled from London's Almeida Theatre Company to Broadway. Fiennes, 32, is known primarily as a movie actor (he played the unforgettable chief villain -- in a world overrun by villainy -- of Schindler's List, and the fair-haired, clay-footed young scholar, Charles Van Doren, of Quiz Show), but his roots are in theater, and he handles Shakespeare's great role with a commanding blend of intelligence and ardor...
...music: a high tenor that must strain to be heard over the roaring accordion and droning fiddles. The protean Doucet, 43, is a virtuoso violinist, accordionist and singer who gleefully punctuates the French lyrics with the traditional shouts of "Oh, ya, yaie!" He is also an accomplished composer and scholar who has tracked the Cajun style from its origins in northern France through the songs of such 20th century Cajuns as Amada Ardoin and Iry Lejune. Together with his brother David and some friends, he cut the first Beausoleil record in 1975 in Paris; by 1986 the band was playing...