Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Grapes may not seem like something worth arguing about, but they are: California grapes are treated with pesticides harmful to the health of farm workers. Not to mention what they do to consumers...
What liberal advocates of diversity seem to ignore too often is the fact that for diversity to "work" at Harvard, individuals within minority groups must be willing to build strong communities amongst themselves before they can go out and share their varying ideas and customs with the rest of the community. And cultural activities alone are not always enough to build strong personal bonds between individuals in minority communities--too often we see members of the same race or religion shy away from social association with people of their own background for fear of being characterized as "segregationists...
...minority dilemna rests in the ability to find a balance between integration and segregation, and contrary to Cohn's generalized stigmatizations, members of Sigma Alpha Mu seem to have an appreciation for this balance...
...although the fraternity/sorority option does seem like the lesser of two evils at first glance--at least students get to choose to pledge instead of having to hope to be "punched"--newly forming social organizations really should think twice about whether or not they want to bring back to Harvard national organizations wound up in their own elitist pasts...
...Americans. And the tab is rising. This year the cost for AIDS medical care is expected to be $3.75 billion; by 1992 that figure is likely to more than double. Whose responsibility is it to pay for AIDS-related care? And why does American society, on the whole, seem to be shrinking from the task...