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...minority pool in the college admissions process. I suspect that those in the positions of power, dare I say, the white power elite, probably made those decisions. What is infuriating about this process is commentators’ tendency to generalize. First, there are many different subcultures that tend to be lumped under the Asian category. This tends to overlook the individual groups’ true progress in either education or the workplace. Second, idea of race, already a highly controversial issue, is further complicated by the acculturation and assimilation processes, not to mention the learning curve, experienced and endured...

Author: By Anna Wood | Title: Affirmative Action Controversy does not Yield Easy Answers | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...First, bookstores tend to be community centers and to have good communications programs already going,” he says. “Not every retailer has customers that expect to hear from them...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Niche Amid a Sea of Giants | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...members, who tend to get bogged down with policy issues that affect students, don’t efficiently deal with logistical technicalities like finances and communications, he says...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss and Alexa D West, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Gillis Proposes Overhaul of Council Structure to Improve Efficiency | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

Marketers are eager to throw their wares in the faces of bloggers who can spread the word; paid links are a fresh way to do that. "When people dangle checks, you tend to notice," says Sifry. "But we're trying to focus not just on short-term revenue opportunities but on building a great user experience." That's what they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DAVE SIFRY: Searchlight For the Blogosphere | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

Visions of a bleak future tend to fall into one of two categories: the sleek, soulless, machine-driven version, or the post-apocalyptic, totalitarian version. Both styles of dystopia got an airing in “Bradbury and Beyond,” which ran at the Loeb Experimental Theatre from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. The performance, which was produced by Sarah E. Stein ’08 and directed by Marielle E. Woods ’08, adapted two short stories by Ray Bradbury: “The Veldt” and “To the Chicago Abyss...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Bradbury' Navigates Reality and Fantasy | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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