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Instead, they steered the discussion toward English as a racist language and encouraged the audience to provide testimonials about unintentional discrimination. One example: Rosa Shinagel, Assistant Dean of Radcliffe College, confessed to the sin of politely offering refreshments that morning to a student who, unbeknownst to her, was fasting for Ramadan. (The "sensitivity" I found particularly ironic, as my office-mate was excluded from even attending the conference because he was observing the Jewish Sabbath...
...attempted to continue my academic and extracurricular schedule as usual, but I felt alienated from my peers and unable to function productively. There was something unpleasantly surreal about attending my classes, sitting in the dining hall and doing my homework as usual, while, unbeknownst to almost everyone, undergoing this emotional and physical upheaval. It was very difficult to reconcile the experience of being pregnant and having an abortion with the experience of being a successful, well-adjusted college student...
Cabot also boasts a wonderful grill, endowed with soft frozen yogurt, calzones and tri-weekly live music. Plus, you don't have to go outside to get there. Unbeknownst to most, Cabot, like Adams, has tunnels. Unlike Adams, it also has places to go. In contrast to many other houses, Cabot has a dance studio, a weight room, sound studios and all the other amenities of modern life...
Next door in Room 23, unbeknownst to the Democrats, a three-person team from the Washington-based National Republican Institute is advising the Forum on campaign tactics. G.O.P. consultant Richard Galen suggests that the party should boast to the press how many seats it intends to win in the new parliament. But Ferenc Kulin, a Forum official, objects that such specificity would demoralize his party's weaker candidates. Not if you don't identify which seats you fear losing, Galen explains. "All candidates are optimists," he says. "They'll think they're the ones who are going to win." Kulin...
Delaney Smith also noted the play of sophomore Heather Harris, who has been suffering from anemia this year, unbeknownst to her or her coaches...