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During the next three years, orientation weekdetractors will shake their heads sadly, recallingall the cute Jennys and Kevins that they met thatweek so long ago and haven't spoken to since...
...White House has kicked off a storm of protest by writing to the heads of all federal agencies reminding them that federal workers may donate toBill Clinton's re-election campaign. Campaign finance experts and Common Cause accuse the Clinton Administration of trying to shake down federal workers for campaign contributions. ButWhite House Counsel Abner Mikva, who sent out the letters, denied any wrongdoing. The letters pointed out that a 1993 clarification of the Hatch Act, which forbids federal employees from making campaign contributions to their immediate bosses (such as members of Congress), does not apply to contributions made...
...abandonment of a war that should shake the nation's psyche but the abandonment of the young people who fought it. While at home in the U.S. politicians decided policy and some people prayed for low draft numbers, others in Vietnam were praying just to stay alive. Whether the war was right or wrong meant nothing if you were in the middle of a firefight. Trapped in war's reality, young men lost more than arms and legs; they lost pieces of their soul. We all realized at some point that we would never fully return home again...
...gradual. Everyone has experienced slights, insults or failures at one time or another, and most people find some way to cope. Or, if they don't, a trusted friend or family member may persuade them to forget the past and get on with their lives. But if they cannot shake off the sense of humiliation, they may instead nourish their grudges and start a mental list of all the injustices in their lives. Rather than take a critical look at themselves, they blame their troubles on "the company," for example, or "the government" or "the system...
...mayor of Decatur attends Oakhurst, as do some affluent white gays who have settled in the area. "When you come here, you are going to shake the hand of somebody you don't know and would not normally meet," says Stroupe. "We are proclaiming a different reality." This month, Stroupe is releasing a new book on ethnicity in America titled While We Run This Race: Countering the Power of Racism. But the real lesson of Oakhurst isn't on a page, it's in the spirit of the gospel music swelling out of the church every Sunday...