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- Students rally for diversity (Daily Northwestern)
Tyris Jones wants Northwestern students to remember a number. It's 81 - the number of black students in the Class of 2012. "I want that 81 just burning in people's heads," said Jones, a Weinberg freshman and the president of the Freshman Activities Board, an affiliate of For Members Only.
- From Military Artifact to Art - Wall Street Journal
The Great Wall of China was ignored for centuries in China, "discovered" by Westerners and has now emerged as one of those useful national symbols, like Mount Rushmore or the Eiffel Tower or the Tower of London, that is instantly recognizable and ...
- 'Narnia' Author C.S. Lewis' Home Receives Historic, Blue Plaque - The Bulletin
A blue plaque has been installed at the Oxford home of C. S. Lewis, author of the popular "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. The plaque, a distinctive memorial denoting the location as historically significant, was unveiled at the beginning of a two ...
- Druid Matthew Rhys - Boston Globe
Matthew Rhys has been inducted as a druid. 'The Edge of Love' actor returned to his hometown for the ceremony at the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff, which honours prominent people and their contribution to Welsh life and culture. Matthew - who is now ...
- Polish youth popularize new patriotism 31.07.2008 - Polish Radio External Service
Polish youth popularize new patriotism 31.07.2008Polish Radio External Service, Poland - 2 hours agoJazz vocalist Aga Zaryan’s latest CD features settings of poems from the period of the Warsaw Rising: 'I started looking for poetry from the war time and I ...
- Ten Years in the Making, and a Big Impression on the Right Editor - mediabistro.com
mediabistro.comTen Years in the Making, and a Big Impression on the Right Editormediabistro.com, NY - 8 hours agoAnd though much of the initial reception has focused on the obvious Indian and Indian-American comparisons, Viswanathan smiled discreetly but proudly when ...
- House Of Homosexual Culture - RainbowNetwork.com
An anthology of work by nine new queer writers based in the South East will be released this summer as part of the Brighton and Hove Pride Festival. Whoosh! will appear during Pride week, launched with an evening of readings from anthology ...
- Foundation adopts East Delavan branch library to promote literacy (The Buffalo News)
A new beachhead was established Tuesday in Buffalo's ever-widening campaign against illiteracy.
- I have been accused... - OpEdNews.com
...of being eccentric. I guess I am. I don't follow the crowd. Instead, I see the direction they are going and decide I'd rather not go that way. ...of being eccentric. I guess I am. I don't follow the crowd. Instead, I see the direction they are ...
- Maher Mocks Religion Again - Free Times
Free TimesMaher Mocks Religion AgainFree Times, SC - 15 minutes agoOn and on it goes: Whether the subject is sneakers, poetry or Chinese human rights violations, improvidentlackwit is at your service with ready-to-use ...
- DiScover: Les Incompétents - Drowned In Sound
Adorned in sweat, vintage and off-the-wall attire, Frederick Bang, singer and spokesperson for West London's Les Incompeténts is filled with hope, fear and ideas. Weeks of radio sessions, debauched live performances and skewed interviews have ...
- Letters: War crimes (Independent)
The media circus over the capture of Radovan Karadzic has little to do with any notion of "justice" for his victims. Rather it is a continuation of the simplistic myth, peddled by Western leaders and the media through the Nineties, that the disintegration of Yugoslavia was the result of ancient ethnic hatreds and that the Serbs were the chief aggressors in the break-up.
- Norris writes 'Acedia,' finds God's joy again - USA Today
"There is a grief that is useful, and there is a grief that comes from the enemy, full of mockery, which some call accidie (acedia). This spirit must be cast out, mainly in prayer." Thomas of Chabham (13th-century English theologian) "... On account ...
- Canadian fans are Rabid in Red (Slam! Sports)
Shunyi, China - Soon after claiming her medal, on our nation's best day at these Olympics, Tracy Cameron was the toast of the rabid band of Canadian fans who took over the stands.
- An old band's new life - Philadelphia Inquirer
An old band's new lifePhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 34 minutes ago"I get really happy when I see people who like the Silver Jews' music," says Berman, the songwriter, guitarist and author of the acclaimed 1999 poetry ...
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