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...advocates for the multicultural cause. No one was ever won over to a broader, more inclusive view of life by being bullied or relentlessly "corrected." Tell a 19-year-old white male that he can't say "girl" when he means "teen- age woman," and he will most likely snicker. This may be the reason why, despite the conservative alarms, P.C.-ness remains a relatively tiny trend. Most campuses have more serious and ancient problems: faculties still top- heavy with white males of the monocultural persuasion; fraternities that harass minorities and women; date rape; alcohol abuse; and tuition that excludes...
...Feminism seeded the democratization of art," says Schapiro. Traditionalists may snicker, but under its influence mainstream critical discourse has broadened to consider the social, historical and political contexts in which art is produced. Rediscovered female artists are not listed in every syllabus, but more and more students, art educators point out, are eager to learn about ignored talents. How to select which ones to study? Says Spero: "It's so subjective. It always comes down to that old chestnut, quality." Whether feminists like it or not, the viewer's quest for quality may be as fundamental, and inevitable...
...take these schemer's ridiculous, convoluted advice. Take mine. I say that what really matters during your job interview isn't what you don't do, For example, don't point at a picture of the interviewer's children and snicker...
...snicker, alright. But maybe he'll take a little closer look at the boxscore and his snicker will begin to wane. He'll notice Harvard's leading scorer, Ron Mitchell, pumped in 17 points--on 8-for-13 shooting from the field--and pulled down seven rebounds. He'll see that Mitchell took charge of last night's game. And in the back of his mind, he'll remember Mitchell as the "recruit that got away" two years...
...Crimson actually trailed by six points at halftime, and then turned around and outscored the Judges, 33-21, to pull out the victory. "Hummm, pretty impressive for a team that would fold after falling behind in the first half last year," Carril might think, no longer sporting that snicker...