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...through insults and political apathy—she wants to maintain a connection to the native peoples with whose plight she empathizes. But it’s more than that. As much as her reddened, pale skin betrays her legitimate claim to native roots, she unabashedly enjoys her minority status. She revels in playing the underdog. She’s lived the bulk of her American experience impoverished, ostracized by her poor English-speaking skills, feeling culturally dissonant in a structure (the US Army) that demands conformity—and she’ll be damned if she?...
...with a close relative who attended Harvard—continue to receive a small boost in the admissions process. Despite its many benefits, this practice of “legacy preference” is on its face unfair, and we hope the admissions committee disregards applicants’ legacy status when they admit the Class of 2012.Various proponents of legacy preference have offered several reasons for continuing to give legacies a boost. For example, a critical mass of legacies on campus might help to generate a larger sense of Harvard spirit and tradition on campus, through their own emotional connections...
...come to accept my outsider status,” says anthropology and comparative study of religion concentrator Nathan J. Dern ’07. Lead singer of Star Wars tribute band So Long Princess and hopeful stand-up comic, Dern has indie status on this campus. But come this January, with the premiere of the CW Television Network’s third season of “Beauty and the Geek,” it just might be the case that Dern’s outsider status is revoked for good. Last April, while handing out flyers for his improv...
...argue cases he knows he probably won't win. Whether pleading the cases of criminal defendants pro bono or filing lawsuits against government agencies and other powerful entities, these lawyers-"rights defenders" as many now call themselves-share a belief that the law can be used to change the status quo. Though hardly a movement, they have become an increasingly significant force. In a country allergic to challenges to authority, they make noise about everything from illegal land seizures, pollution and sexual harassment, to the pricing of train tickets and discrimination against short people. Mostly, their work throws a harsh...
...Episcopalians The 2003 election of an openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. has led to a real threat of internal schism and possible second-tier status in the Anglican Communion, its global parent...