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...similarity ends at appearances. I don't intend to tar the entire Duke student body with one brush, as my criticism is directed at a specific group of Duke institutions and students. But in four days at Duke I witnessed more incidents of overt racism, sexism and homophobia than in two years at Harvard...
...Duke frats, I saw pervasive, overt intolerance. And racial minorities are not the only victims. One Duke student told me "They say ten percent of the student body is gay. But they're so in the closet--if you're gay, no one knows about it. They just go to tearooms...
...wildlife. "I used to feel uncomfortable about making friends with people and busting them, but I'm not out to cause people trouble; I'm here to protect wildlife," says Leach. Gavitt notes that many people doing the most damage to wildlife use sophisticated scams, not easily investigated by overt means. In these cases, says Gavitt, "covert operations not only bring such violators to justice but have a ripple effect. Commercial duck-hunting guides, for instance, will now think twice before breaking...
...incidents involve behavior which displays at one end unintended racial insensitivity, resulting perhaps from lack of awareness or ignorance, and at the other end overt, violent and intentionally hurtful racism. These two incidents and others reported to my office demonstrate how vulnerable this community is, how vulnerable we each are to either engage in or be a victim of racism...
...trouble, as usual, comes in the oversimplified and heavy-handed message. In the realm of docudramas, the best lack all conviction: last spring's Baby M was a gem precisely because it had no overt agenda other than to convey the clash between two impassioned, tragically irreconcilable points of view. Karen Carpenter takes the more familiar didactic approach. Message No. 1: losing weight has its limits (or, you can be too thin). Message No. 2: such an illness can often be traced to the failings of Mom and Dad. A psychiatrist who has examined Karen chides the senior Carpenters...