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HARVARD Name AB R H BI K'yan,3b 4 0 1 0 Shire,cf 3 0 0 0 D'V'chio,lb 2 1 0 0 Allen,ph 1 0 0 0 Durand,lf 3 0 0 0 D'reau,rf 3 1 1 2 Hurley,dh 3 0 1 0 Jak'cyzk,c 1 0 0 0 Mwroka,2b 2 0 0 0 O'Con'l,ss 2 0 0 0 Totals 24 2 3 2 Home Runs--N.U., none; Harvard, Decareau 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RH E Northeastern...
Wuer Kaixi and Liu Yan came Sunday to remember their friends and fellow protesters who died six months ago or who have been exceuted or arrested since then in the government crackdown on the movement. Liu Binyan was there to express his displeasure that the movement failed to advance the cause of democracy as far as it could have and failed also to leave a legacy of writings and ideas to carry on after the end of the singular Tiananmen Square gathering...
THESE leaders-in-exile are young (Liu Yan is 19), and the shock of what they have gone through has been exacerbated by their sudden departure from their homeland and subsequent adjustment to life in the United States. A great burden has been put on these people's shoulders: in addition to dealing with their own ghosts, they are being asked to speak for those who died. They are not permitted to grow beyond June 4, and yet they are looked to for dynamic, continuing leadership...
...Yan spoke movingly of her struggle to decide how she should act in America. With no guidance and little experience with truly independent choices, she bent to what she felt was expected of her--to live as a memorial to her martyred associates. Now, though, she is studying English and hopes to use what she is learning in the U.S. to strengthen the pro-democracy movement in China. She is beginning to look ahead...
...though, gaining experience and acceptance as people like Lawrence Sullivan and Oscar Hsu (to name only two of the many deserving mention) take up the banner, gaining depth from the historical perspective of men like Liu Binyan. It continues, however, to get its driving energy from students, like Liu Yan, Wuer Kaixi and Shen Tong, who love their homeland and who hope to bring it freedom...