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America has been a place of racial and ethnic integration--as well as divisiveness--since its birth. The far-reaching effects of race and ethnicity strongly influence academic disciplines from literature to sociology. Currently, however, Harvard does not offer its students the chance to explore the subject of ethnicity in all its manifestations. Students interested in pursuing ethnic studies have few options. The Committee on Ethnic Studies, made up of faculty from various departments, does little but offer a guide to ethnic studies-related classes in various departments...
...first, some were concerned that the bill might suggest that the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) was guilty of police brutality. A vigorous debate on the subject erupted over the council's open e-mail list minutes after the meeting's agenda was announced...
...McCain to demanding that he retract his "unwarranted, ill-advised and divisive attacks on certain religious leaders." Every stop required another clarification, another apology. "We've made a lot of mistakes in this campaign," said McCain on Thursday at a press conference where he desperately tried to bring the subject back to other issues. "Primarily because we don't have the most brilliant candidate...
Especially if the subject is talking about dating a serial killer or building a friendlier abattoir. Morris is drawn to the Frankensteinian: inventors, self-styled scientists and folks on weird quests of self-discovery. They can be creepy, like Kent, but their stories are moving too. Take Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who empathizes with animals because she thinks in images, which, she contends, is how they think as well. She invented the "stairway to heaven," a slaughterhouse design that uses optical illusions to lead cattle calmly to their death, yet has a bond with the beasts born...
...report on wunderkind actor (sort of) Leonardo DiCaprio [CINEMA, Feb. 21], Joel Stein managed in the nicest possible way not only to inform and entertain us but also to give the subject enough room to hang himself. DiCaprio is silly, shallow, ill informed about subjects he pontificates on, and very, very young--intellectually and emotionally. But these are not indictable offenses. DiCaprio has shown himself to be a fine young actor in some films. I won't see The Beach until it comes out on video, but I will continue to read Stein faithfully. CHRISTINE ROSANIA Chicago Heights...