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...this is the first time I’ve gotten something as lurid as this.” Conley said that it was important for residents of all the nearby Houses to remember that although they may feel safe, “We’re in an urban environment, and one has to pay extreme attention at all times and have their eyes and ears peeled.” The crime represented a threat “especially for women,” he added. He said that the HUPD-run campus escort service is a good option...
...society,” Guinier said, drawing applause from the three-dozen or so audience members. A senior associate dean of the Business School, David A. Thomas, expressed concerns about the consequences that could stem from African-American elites abandoning inner-city areas. “The urban core will be thought of like reservations,” said Thomas. And—in much the same way that Americans who don’t live on reservations sometimes discuss vague ancestral ties to indigenous tribes—blacks who have left the inner-city will be talking about...
...casino and the stylish pool at the Club Olympus spa. RADISSON SAS STANSTED With Heathrow and Gatwick operating at near capacity, more London-bound flights are opting for Stansted, home to the Radisson SAS, tel: (44-12) 7966 1012. Rooms come in three funky styles (Chili, Ocean or Urban) and the hotel's four restaurants surround a unique 12-m "wine tower" holding 4,000 bottles. REGAL AIRPORT Hong Kong's airport hotel, tel: (852) 2890 6060, is every bit as stylish as the hub it serves - and even manages to impart something of a resort feel, with outsized rooms...
...actress Sharon Stone and Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The man behind a multi-billion dollar fashion line, Hilfiger drew the Foundation’s attention for his support of education and health programs, such as “Camp Tommy,” a summer program for disadvantaged urban youth, and the Race to Erase Multiple Sclerosis, which funds research into a cure for the disease. But Hilfiger did not always have money to give away, as he told the story of his teenage dream to found his own fashion business. “When...
...than once thought.”Katherine A. Shaner, who earned her MDiv at Harvard in 2002, has learned this from experience.After completing her MDiv at Harvard, Shaner headed to Detroit to gain pastoral experience in the Lutheran Church. While the Iowa native enjoyed feeling a part of an urban community, she found that she didn’t feel as—excuse the pun—spirited as she’d expected. One year later, Shaner moved to Chicago to attend seminary and has learned that she missed preaching. That’s when she learned that...