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...Freed in 1989, he went on to serve as a regional official and as High Commissioner to Uganda and Rwanda. Upon Mhlaba's death, Mandela called him "one of the real stalwarts of our movement, a person who in his life and work embodied the highest values our struggle stood for and strove towards...
...truly disappointing that WISHR chose Tuesday to squander the valuable role it stood to play in the dialogue about the future of women in science at this University in favor of making suggestions that do little more than reinforce the negative socialized stereotypes Summers’ remarks have been criticized for conjuring. It is truly baffling that, even as criticism is levelled at Summers, the group he was most likely to have alienated seems to agree with him. We are left, therefore, with the age-old question...
...recent weeks, some of the top individual donors to Harvard—whose contributions help fund student financial aid, the forthcoming Allston expansion, and Summers’ salary—have for the most part stood by Summers, expressing more concern about the narrow focus of the debate than about Summers’ remarks themselves...
Once on the other side of Johnston Gate, however, things looked considerably different. Instead of engaging in philosophical discourse while sipping mocha in between classes, I stood in line at Annenberg for chicken marsala and stumbled through awkward introductions with my new classmates (Rena Xu; Holworthy; Pittsburgh; Biochemistry). Instead of reaching enlightenment in a stately wood-paneled chamber, I found my way to Cabot Library (“They never showed THIS in the brochures!” my freshman roommate exclaimed indignantly). And far from knowing instinctively where my niche at this large school lay, I treaded uncertainly...
...Grumet-Morris and the Crimson defense stood strong. Welch later joked, “I’m pretty psyched [about the penalty record], to be honest with you. Now I can just focus on winning games...