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...Wednesday evening, as their classmates prepared to bare skin for Primal Scream, about a hundred students rallied on the steps of University Hall to kick off the “I Am Harvard” campaign, intended to show that skin of all colors belongs at Harvard...
...Wednesday night, after stressing that the “Quad incident” was only an indicator of deeper race-relations problems, Barnhill called on those present to share tales of personal encounters with racism at Harvard. In response, several male black students told stories of not being able hail a cab, or being asked to show their ID cards by officers despite wearing Harvard sweatshirts. After each tale, the crowd chanted “I Am Harvard” as an affirmation of their rightful presence at the University...
...Prior to Wednesday night, several e-mails sent over the BMF and ABHW open-lists questioned the appropriateness of Primal Scream as a place to raise awareness—although they also stressed the importance of solidarity in the black community...
...Although they take a very different line from the AEI on Iraq, a number of influential Democrats have lent their weight to similar initiatives on Iran, out of concern for Israel. On Wednesday, Sen. Barack Obama, the Illinois Democratic presidential hopeful and advocate for withdrawing most U.S. forces from Iraq within a year, joined with Democratic Congressmen Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Tom Lantos of California to propose legislation that would encourage individual and institutional investors, such as state pension funds, to dump stock implicated in trade with Iran...
...Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday promised a "severe and harsh" reaction to the recent rocket attacks. But despite the tough talk, it's likely that Israel's response will be restricted to air strikes targeting militant leaders, cells and rocket launch sites - and such tactics have done little to halt attacks in the past. But a large-scale incursion into Gaza to stop the missile attacks would involve too much manpower and too much risk: at least two divisions of soldiers and plenty of opportunities for Hamas to take Israeli casualties in an urban setting that favors guerilla tactics...