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Segregating these studies by ethnicity would not only impose rigid boundaries among ill-defined and fluid groups; it would also eliminate methodology’s role in defining the disciplines. The Crimson endorsed queer studies in part because gays and lesbians represent a “distinct social group,” but there are many such groups that could be the focus of one’s undergraduate years. Which groups are most “important,” and which should get their concentrations first? The fear isn’t of a slippery slope?...
...American families in the area. Ray's wife Clara--known as "Preacher Clara"--taught in public schools for more than 30 years. In 1995 she was selected as Walker County's Citizen of the Year. Incredibly, Ray even ran for county coroner in 1992. (He lost.) When he became ill with heart disease in the mid-1990s, Brent returned home from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, where he played football and was close to graduating with a business degree. A cousin, Bobby Clemmons, 47, claims Brent's parents pushed him into the family business, even though he had wanted...
...Peoria, Ill., junior cooks can whip up such specialties as strawberry salad and mint-brownie pie in classes sponsored by the Peoria Park District. Sur La Table, a nationwide chain that sells specialty cookware, offers summer cooking camps in its stores, with courses that include making sushi, pie baking and a chocolate workshop for teens. The chain also carries children's cookware; in 1997 kids' products accounted for 1% of its sales; today they account for 5%. New York City's American Museum of Natural History invites the children of its members to submit recipes to win a place...
...remarry in a temple. Today the male-oriented ceremony (the husband asks for the get and gives it to his wife) is performed mainly for Conservative and Orthodox couples. But some Jewish couples have turned to more personalized versions of the get. Rabbi Lisa S. Greene of Glencoe, Ill., helped Laura Milsk design a ceremony. It took place on the shores of Lake Michigan, where Laura, sans husband, prayed and tossed pieces of bread into the chilly water. "My sense is that Laura made a journey and returned as a whole person," says Rabbi Greene. "The ritual was a positive...
...some argue that the portrait itself is a monument ill-suited for honoring the women who have helped to shape Harvard’s history...