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...sentence ethnographic sketch is neglected, and we are led to believe that the Yanomamo are both culturally and biologically retarded. Indeed, their brains are so poorly developed that they would not even realize that four ignorant gringos are ever so much worse than three. STANLEY C. WEI '98 March...
...become. They may stay non-physical, but, during gameplay, their emotions run high with tension and potential anger. One anonymous freshman, referring to his roommate, remembers that "the closest I've ever come to killing him was when he beat me at Red Alert." Similar sentiments are echoed by Wei Zhou '01, who emphasizes that "We want to beat the crap out of each other...
These members include Maggie Y. Loo '01, secretary of the association; Albert M. Hui '01 and Jeremy L. Kwan '01, co-chairs of the business committee; Kristen H. Day '01 and Chanda K. Ho '01, educational and political committee co-chairs; Jessica A. Eng '01 and Wei Zhou '01, cochairs of the public relations committee, and Davin J. Chew '01 and Tzyy Ming Yeh '01, social and cultural committee...
Some prisoners, desperate for a medical parole like the one granted Wei, are said to be intentionally infecting themselves with hepatitis with the help of visitors--a potentially deadly gamble. But others have refused to seek such paroles, on the theory that if they leave China, they will never be allowed to return. They feel that exile means irrelevance. "Frankly," says Boston University's Merle Goldman, "none of these dissident groups [overseas] have had much impact back in China...
...essence, China is waging a war of attrition against dissidence--and winning. While the Chinese government wouldn't have let Wei go without pressure from the U.S. and President Jiang Zemin's successful summit with Bill Clinton, China ultimately risked little in Wei's departure beyond a brief loss of face. Because the government has a tight grip on information, Wei and other exiles can do little to get their message heard at home. Even now, most Chinese don't know who Wei...