| At Last, a Presence
In the last year, the BMF has co-sponsored events with 20 other campus organizations and has become a strong voice in UC politics.
These days, black men aren't sitting on the steps of their freshman dorm listening to “Suicidal Thoughts" and contemplating dropping out. They're running for UC president, lobbying administrators, commanding Harvard's attention. They've taken charge.
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Ashong was the first of them all. A captivating orator who could hypnotize his audience with unceasing hand motions and a spark in his eye, Ashong was all over the campus, in the Black Students' Association (BSA), Kuumba, the Haitian Alliance, and occasionally at Asian American Association meetings—when they had ice cream.
But the suspicious glances classmates cast his way made him realize how different his experience was from that of his black female peers.
Thanks, Hollywood: Cigarette porn for kids
And if you put the names into the search engine at Ask.com, you get this back: Fact-Checking Eric Alterman By M Peretz for The Plank Anyway, the Peretz/Kirchick post makes it appear as if I am just pulling stuff out of my ass regarding Jews and liberalism, but of course I addressed the issue with data here. And while the American Jewish Committee rushed to denounce me in a letter and press release I can no longer find online, its employee circulated a memo designed to undermine Obama in Jewish policy circles just a little while later, thereby proving my point. That piece is here. (Brian Beutler notices this too, here.) To return to the genuine issue here, after the post that "Sprezzatura," I mean Kirchick, found so ridiculous, I noticed the following in the Forward -- in addition to the Jennifer Siegel piece linked above -- here: As the leader of the country's largest synagogue movement, the Union for Reform Judaism's Rabbi Eric Yoffie normally tries to stay out of partisan politics.
guardian of the galaxy
For these teams, any move will be scrutinized and any misstep will result in public ridicule. These fans will be unforgiving. For example, consider the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have missed the playoffs the past two seasons. It is not entirely out of the realm of possibility that the Leafs make the playoffs this year but, as only two teams in the league have worse records, the Leafs prospects are less than golden. Torontos first order of business should be to make themselves competitive in their own division, where they are the only team with a losing record. They can do that one of two ways: they can plan for the short term and buy a free agent (the band aid approach to franchise maintenance), or they can blow this team up and start over. As trade rumors are center Mats Sundins constant companion, it is apparent that the Leafs have decided to rebuild by packaging their brightest, but aging, star.
ORU alumni support sought
Uncertainty remained Saturday about what effect Richard Roberts' resignation as president will have on Oral Roberts University, but some observers said it was a step toward improvement.
"I think people are going to be waiting and watching: OK, can it survive without a Roberts at the helm?" said Donald R. Vance, professor of biblical languages and literature.
Vance said he thinks alumni need to support ORU as it undergoes this transition, after being led for 42 years by a Roberts. ORU professors are committed to the school's evangelical Christian mission, but that might not be obvious without a TV minister as president, he said. Christian colleges across the country are led by non-ministers -- "it will just be different for us."
ORU leaders have not addressed what role, if any, Roberts will have at the university.
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