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...say—from lack of social space, to the sexual assault policy, to a dearth of tenured females—are as urgent as ever, and call for some sort of feminism. But these days, everyone wants to define the word for him or herself. Feminists can be activist, intellectual, angry, content, gender-rejecting or skirt-wearing...
...reputation is that we don’t have an edge,” says Sichel. “We’re trying to be more activist...
...personalities are probably the least important factor in this face-off. At the core of the conflict are two different ways of looking at the world. Rumsfeld and his team of neoconservative civilians at the Pentagon favor an activist and often unilateralist approach to advancing America's interests abroad. Powell's camp sees the world through a prism of interlocking interests that need to be protected by alliances and stability. The fight between internationalists and unilateralists has gone on in the Republican Party for a generation. What's different this time is that Rummy and Powell are engaging...
...embraced the world as a social activist--a Catholic anarchist. Merton withdrew from the world to become a monk, memoirist, essayist. O'Connor lived surrounded by her famous peacocks on a farm in Milledgeville, Ga., her body restricted by disease, her imagination ranging with strange originality through a universe of her creation. Percy labored on, exploring the modern self that he considered essentially empty. Elie braids these four distinctive strands into a story, both inspiring and deeply intelligent, in which, as he says, "art, life and religious faith converge." --By Lance Morrow
...water IOP volunteers put on her podium. Adverse to water that has any hint of chill, Marin would not speak until someone tracked down bottled, lukewarm water for her. Warren Beatty needed just the right microphone, according to Forum Director Bill White. And, White says, noted feminist activist Angela Davis barely stifled her anger until a bag of her favorite brand of tea was produced. In short, says IOP Forum Committee member Jonathan Chavez ’04, speakers sometimes “act like real asses...