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...found out I had been "Ad-Boarded" because of this article. Curiously, I found out from the head of Room 13 that the peer-counseling-group was not responsible for "Ad-Boarding" me. Although Room 13 was rankled by the article, it did not think administrative action was the correct solution (in fact, the head of Room 13 expressed chagrin that official action had been taken against me). It turns out I had been Ad-Boarded by a salaried administrator from the Bureau of Study Counsel who had heard about my article. As everything I had done was legal...

Author: By William L. Kirtley, | Title: The Ad Board Is Composed of Humorless Bureaucrats | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...good thing that Major League Baseball doesn't get too caught up in the politically correct debates...

Author: By Brian T. Garibaldi, | Title: Fall Classic | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

...Crimson to call me names that you would never have the guts to use in a face-to-face conversation. You decided to show everyone that you lack both elementary decency and a sense of humor, by insulting the entire Peninsula staff for an article that ridicules your politically correct sacred cows (and sacred professors). You write that you "are proud to be included on [Peninsula's] enemies list." Indeed, you should be: being considered an enemy implies being a worthy opponent. I, for one, am sorry that the author of the Peninsula article chose to put you on that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Patriot Prefers Picking Garbage to Insulting Journalism | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

...Chrysler cars for 45 days after dealers resold 116 "lemons" to California drivers. The breakdown-prone cars were bought back from unhappy drivers and resold by dealers after some repair work but without, state officials charge, properly disclosing that the cars had had previous problems or giving out the correct warranties. Chrysler will appeal the decision, which may indefinately delay the ban on the corporation restocking dealerships with vehicles. "This ruling is a lemon the size of the Yellow Submarine," says TIME's William McWhirter. "A fine of this magnitude is absolutely unprecedented on a U.S. manufacturer. To make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Locked Out of California | 10/17/1996 | See Source »

...woman or a homosexual? When this question first began gnawing at me last spring, I had no satisfying answer. I just knew that my immediate instinct--that none of the above was the answer--troubled me. So I decided to find out a) if my gut was correct...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: Race, Gender and the Presidency | 10/15/1996 | See Source »

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