Word: spiriting
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...intellectual environment most vital to any academic institution. Finally, we recognize that Chicanismo is an experience and a tradition that extends beyond Mexican-Americans, to all Latinos. Indeed, we stand in solidarity with all who seek to preserve their culture and heritage. Collectively, we will contribute to a spirit of unity and a sense of community by supporting each other through every possible means. Thus, in reaffirming the fundamental principles of Harvard-Radcliffe RAZA, we recognize that "La Union hace la fuerza...
...focus at "Midnight Madness," however, was less on competition and more on fun. The spirit of the event was perhaps best expressed by the excited fan who screamed during introductions, "Crimson hockey rocks the world, baby...
...small number of African-American students in the advanced-placement classes at Grady High School. "There are others that could do it," she says, "but they get caught up in the stereotypical, 'AP, that's nerdy.'" Physics teacher Delphia Bryant admires Enjolique's can-do spirit: "She's one of those people who will rule the world...
When Atlanta fifth-grader BRENDAN DUNWOODY wore a New York Yankees shirt to class last week, he knew he was committing a small act of subversion. It was, after all, Braves Spirit Day at his school, and his teacher had warned the transplanted New Yorker against wearing his native colors. When he showed up in his jersey anyway, she promptly--and according to his father, appropriately--made him change his uniform. The local act of defiance turned into a media maelstrom when a New York paper picked up the story. The school began receiving harassing calls, while the Dunwoodys' answering...
...trace of the idealistic spirit that fueled the hippie music scene of the 1960s has survived into the skeptical '90s, one place to look for it might be southern Vermont, a region that has produced millionaire ice-cream philanthropists Ben and Jerry, a socialist mayor and, most interesting, the rock band Phish. Launched by guitarist Trey Anastasio and three buddies in a University of Vermont dorm room in 1983, Phish has built a hugely successful career as an underground band around the quaint notion that music can be used for building a sense of community, not just making money...