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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...moments in one's life which are like frontier posts marking the completion of a period but at the same time indicating a new direction." Or John Stuart Mill whose intellectual crisis at age 20 led to mental breakdown--would that Core courses made Harvard students prone to similar breakdowns...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: Core Classes Lack Depth | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...whose established Organization of Multiracial and Biracial Students sponsored its Multiracial Heritage Week during the last week of October, Harvard has no support network for biracial and multiracial students. They are left to wander randomly through their college years with the blind hope of stumbling across others who share similar cultural experiences and can lend them a sympathetic ear. While other minorities have places to turn to for understanding, such as the Asian American Association, Black Students Association or RAZA, students whose backgrounds encompass more than one ethnicity are faced with a dilemma--assimilate or choose just one race...

Author: By Lorrayne S. Ward, | Title: Finding a Space for Multiracial Students | 12/21/1999 | See Source »

...wish I could offer George W. Bush some advice about how to fend off efforts to portray him as a dimwit, but even Dan Quayle rejected the only slogan I came up with when he had a similar problem: "Definitely Not the Dumbest Guy in the Deke House." Political pundits are warning us that the public is in danger of seeing all the presidential candidates as caricatures--McCain as a hothead, for instance, and Gore as a manlike object and Forbes as a terminal dork. Just who might be responsible for leaving the voters with these impressions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Ain't Dumb, He's My President | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

ADOPT-AN-ANIMAL To benefit a beast in San Francisco, call 800-264-6600 or make contact online at www.sfzoo.org/adopt.html Or call your local zoo to see if it has a similar program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodly Gifts | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...damages, but the number would be hefty--and added to what the 29 cities and counties are seeking in their lawsuits, the gunmakers face potential exposure running into the billions. Their pockets are not really as deep as those of the tobacco industry, which has faced a similar siege, and many of their insurers have said they won't pay to defend the lawsuits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Columbine Tapes: The Politics: Enter The Big Guns | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

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