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Students from the College and graduate schools, as well as Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West '74, described their reactions to the verdict and spoke about racism in law enforcement and the U.S. legal system...
...about Monday night's Democratic presidential debate. Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields announced to the crowd at Harlem's Apollo Theater that it was "the first-ever presidential debate in a predominantly African-American neighborhood." A mezzanine box of Bill Bradley supporters included filmmaker Spike Lee, Harvard philosopher Cornel West, rapper Usher and L.A. Lakers coach Phil Jackson. But while the setting and faces were untraditional, the results were familiar: The candidates appeared ideologically similar - and, as has been the case in recent encounters, emerging alpha male Al Gore seemed to bull his way to the upper hand...
...After the event, while reporters and some of the attendees gathered at the United House of Prayer across the street from the Apollo, Professor Cornel West - one of the nation's foremost authorities on race relations - and the Rev. Al Sharpton discussed Bradley's lukewarm reception during the debate. "He just doesn't have the delivery," noted Sharpton. "It's a shame," said West. David Dinkins, who was New York's first black mayor, told TIME Daily: "I like Bradley, he's a good person, but I have to support the man who's got the best chance of getting...
...half empty: cohabitation may be replacing marriage, but it's even less likely to last. Hearts are routinely broken and children's lives disrupted as we churn, ever starry-eyed, from one relationship to the next. Even liberal icons like Hillary Rodham Clinton and Harvard Afro-American studies professor Cornel West have been heard muttering about the need to limit the ease and accessibility of divorce...
Professor Cornel R. West '74 said he did not have time to comment extensively on his support of Bradley, but says, "He's my close friend and brother. I support him wholeheartedly and plan to go all the way to the White House, drop him off, and come back to Cambridge...