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...recent wave of student activism on campus can trace its success to a number of factors. First, both SAS and the LWC are part of a larger movement that has blossomed on campuses throughout the country. Second, both groups have approached their causes with a degree of sophistication that has been lacking in recent failed activist efforts. The group members know their issues well, they have approached the University with concrete, reasonable demands, and they have combined agitation with a willingness to negotiate...
...Alice Lichtenstein goes along with his conclusion somewhat reluctantly. "I hate to see the emphasis taken away from food," she says, adding that the benefits of a high dosage of vitamin E are not yet proved. She and other colleagues point out that food, unlike pills and extracts, contains trace elements that may have benefits not yet recognized. What they fear is encouraging the habit of chasing a handful of pills with a Slurpee and a bag of popcorn and calling it a well-rounded meal. Russell and Lichtenstein are not fighting, but their emphases are a little different. Russell...
Truscott told the Washington Post that "white people are scared to find out who their relatives are." That's silly. Hemings' descendants are not only upstanding citizens, a lot of them aren't even "black." For example, there are members of the Westerinen family of Staten Island, N.Y., who trace their lineage to Hemings' youngest son, who moved to Ohio after being freed from slavery and started passing for white. Dorothy Westerinen, who has known all this for only a few months, says, "I'm very proud to share a black lineage." I'm so proud...
With remains originating from the "pre-contact" era--before the arrival of Spanish explorers--up till the seventeenth century, the remains have been crucial in allowing researchers to trace the effects of Spanish settlement on disease, diet and bone trauma...
...says he intends to save the famous piece of glass from the front window, and if possible to have Damon trace his hand on the glass and autograph...