Saturday, November 10, 2018
Getting Into Harvard
An excerpt from the NY Times -
Getting Into Harvard Is Hard. Here Are 4 Ways Applicants Get an Edge.
By Anemona Hartocollis
Harvard gives advantages to recruited athletes (A’s); legacies (L’s), or the children of Harvard graduates; applicants on the dean’s or director’s interest list (D’s), which often include the children of very wealthy donors and prominent people, mostly white; and the children (C’s) of faculty and staff. ALDCs make up only about 5 percent of applicants but 30 percent of admitted students.
While being an A.L.D.C. helps — their acceptance rate is about 45 percent, compared with 4.5 to 5 percent for the rest of the pool — it is no guarantee. (One of those rejected despite being a legacy was the judge in the federal case, Allison D. Burroughs. She went to Middlebury College instead.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/getting-into-harvard.html
Getting Into Harvard Is Hard. Here Are 4 Ways Applicants Get an Edge.
By Anemona Hartocollis
Harvard gives advantages to recruited athletes (A’s); legacies (L’s), or the children of Harvard graduates; applicants on the dean’s or director’s interest list (D’s), which often include the children of very wealthy donors and prominent people, mostly white; and the children (C’s) of faculty and staff. ALDCs make up only about 5 percent of applicants but 30 percent of admitted students.
While being an A.L.D.C. helps — their acceptance rate is about 45 percent, compared with 4.5 to 5 percent for the rest of the pool — it is no guarantee. (One of those rejected despite being a legacy was the judge in the federal case, Allison D. Burroughs. She went to Middlebury College instead.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/getting-into-harvard.html
Talking to a Jacka**
.@acosta has comported himself with remarkable restraint while dealing with this Imposter-in-Chief. But as people in Hollywood have long known -- everything is harder when you're working with animals. pic.twitter.com/5sQGaEgeeT— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) November 10, 2018
Friday, November 9, 2018
Finding Peace at the Spot
https://bittersoutherner.com/why-am-i-on-this-stage-ray-christian-storyteller?utm_source=The+Bitter+News&utm_campaign=3fa05c3f0f-97s_2018_11_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8269ec3593-3fa05c3f0f-92175213&goal=0_8269ec3593-3fa05c3f0f-92175213&mc_cid=3fa05c3f0f&mc_eid=0b6dd8ed2d
Calling It Like It Is
An excerpt from the Atlantic -
America's Problem Isn't Tribalism—It's Racism
Only one of America’s major political parties relies on stoking hatred and fear against those outside its coalition.
By Adam Serwer
In the fallout from Tuesday’s midterm elections, many political analysts have concluded that blue America and red America are ever more divided, ever more at each other’s throats. But calling this “tribalism” is misleading, because only one side of this divide remotely resembles a coalition based on ethnic and religious lines, and only one side has committed itself to a political strategy that relies on stoking hatred and fear of the other. By diagnosing America’s problem as tribalism, chin-stroking pundits and their sorrowful semi-Trumpist counterparts in Congress have hidden the actual problem in American politics behind a weird euphemism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/racism-not-tribalism/575173/
America's Problem Isn't Tribalism—It's Racism
Only one of America’s major political parties relies on stoking hatred and fear against those outside its coalition.
By Adam Serwer
In the fallout from Tuesday’s midterm elections, many political analysts have concluded that blue America and red America are ever more divided, ever more at each other’s throats. But calling this “tribalism” is misleading, because only one side of this divide remotely resembles a coalition based on ethnic and religious lines, and only one side has committed itself to a political strategy that relies on stoking hatred and fear of the other. By diagnosing America’s problem as tribalism, chin-stroking pundits and their sorrowful semi-Trumpist counterparts in Congress have hidden the actual problem in American politics behind a weird euphemism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/racism-not-tribalism/575173/
They Do It Better
An excerpt from CNN -
10 things the UAE does better than anywhere else
By Manar Al Hinai
The United Arab Emirates is famous for its relentless sunshine, its golden dunes that roll on for miles and some of the most ambitious, opulent building projects of modern times.
But it's not all super-tall skyscrapers and shifting sands. The country founded just 47 years ago by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is now home to more than 200 nationalities and a world pioneer in many sectors.
Each year, we welcome millions of tourists from around the world to explore the rich and diverse experiences that our Arabian gem has to offer.
Here are 10 things that make the UAE special when you travel here:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/uae-reasons-to-visit/index.html
10 things the UAE does better than anywhere else
By Manar Al Hinai
The United Arab Emirates is famous for its relentless sunshine, its golden dunes that roll on for miles and some of the most ambitious, opulent building projects of modern times.
But it's not all super-tall skyscrapers and shifting sands. The country founded just 47 years ago by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is now home to more than 200 nationalities and a world pioneer in many sectors.
Each year, we welcome millions of tourists from around the world to explore the rich and diverse experiences that our Arabian gem has to offer.
Here are 10 things that make the UAE special when you travel here:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/uae-reasons-to-visit/index.html
From FAMU to the Daily Show
An excerpt from the Tallahassee Democrat -
Roy Wood Jr. of 'The Daily Show' grew into comedy at FAMU
By Mark Hinson
Stand-up Roy Wood Jr. was a student at FAMU in the late ‘90s when he took the Greyhound Bus from Tallahassee to do the opening spot at an Atlanta comedy club.
He bombed. Stunk up the joint. Tanked.
“They rattled their keys at me,” Wood, 39, said on the phone and chuckled from Manhattan recently. “The worst part of them rattling their keys is that they do it under the table. You can’t tell who is rattling and who is not.”
Instead of leaving, Wood stuck around to learn from other comics performing that night. Maybe he could get a few pointers. That is when a server walked up to his table.
“There is a two-drink minimum at this club,” she said.
“But I’m talent, I did comedy earlier tonight,” Wood said.
“No, you didn’t,” she said, offering a withering critique.
Wood ordered two bottles of water and then took the bus home. Chalk it up to tough lesson learned. He has never forgotten the trip.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/2018/11/07/roy-wood-jr-daily-show-comedy-central-famu-trevor-noah/1905991002/
Roy Wood Jr. of 'The Daily Show' grew into comedy at FAMU
By Mark Hinson
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Stand-up Roy Wood Jr. was a student at FAMU in the late ‘90s when he took the Greyhound Bus from Tallahassee to do the opening spot at an Atlanta comedy club.
He bombed. Stunk up the joint. Tanked.
“They rattled their keys at me,” Wood, 39, said on the phone and chuckled from Manhattan recently. “The worst part of them rattling their keys is that they do it under the table. You can’t tell who is rattling and who is not.”
Instead of leaving, Wood stuck around to learn from other comics performing that night. Maybe he could get a few pointers. That is when a server walked up to his table.
“There is a two-drink minimum at this club,” she said.
“But I’m talent, I did comedy earlier tonight,” Wood said.
“No, you didn’t,” she said, offering a withering critique.
Wood ordered two bottles of water and then took the bus home. Chalk it up to tough lesson learned. He has never forgotten the trip.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/2018/11/07/roy-wood-jr-daily-show-comedy-central-famu-trevor-noah/1905991002/
Winners in Texas
An excerpt from Upworthy -
19 black women ran for Texas county judge posts. Every single candidate won.
by Leo Shvedsky
Tuesday night’s midterm elections had a series of historic firsts, including a record-breaking year for female candidates across the nation. but the results out of one Texas county may be the most feel good story of the year.
In Harris County Texas, 19 black woman ran for judge posts. And guess what? Every single candidate won their campaign.
https://www.upworthy.com/19-black-women-ran-for-texas-county-judge-posts-every-single-candidate-won?c=upw1
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
HBCU!
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
The Candidates Embracing Their Black-College Roots
Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams are part of a wave of black politicians who are playing up their HBCU bona fides, and in turn raising the profile of the beleaguered institutions.
By ADAM HARRIS
Another, perhaps unforeseen renaissance, however, has been the rise of black politicians who graduated from these colleges. In addition to Gillum, Stacey Abrams, a gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, and Mandela Barnes, a candidate for lieutenant governor in Wisconsin, both attended historically black colleges. The prospect of so many black-college graduates being elected to statewide office in the same year is unprecedented, Keneshia Grant, an assistant professor of political science at Howard University, told me.
Now, of course, there are HBCU alums across all levels of government. Senator Kamala Harris graduated from Howard University, and the mayors of Atlanta, New Orleans, and Birmingham—all of whom were elected in 2017—also attended HBCUs. And there have previously been governors who attended black colleges: In 1989, Douglas Wilder became the governor of Virginia and the first elected black governor in the United States. In the 1870s, there was P. B. S. Pinchback, who very briefly served as the governor of Louisiana. These candidates—Abrams, Gillum, and Barnes—are continuing that black political tradition.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/11/gillum-abrams-and-blue-wave-hbcu-politicians/574921/?utm_source=feed
The Candidates Embracing Their Black-College Roots
Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams are part of a wave of black politicians who are playing up their HBCU bona fides, and in turn raising the profile of the beleaguered institutions.
By ADAM HARRIS
Another, perhaps unforeseen renaissance, however, has been the rise of black politicians who graduated from these colleges. In addition to Gillum, Stacey Abrams, a gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, and Mandela Barnes, a candidate for lieutenant governor in Wisconsin, both attended historically black colleges. The prospect of so many black-college graduates being elected to statewide office in the same year is unprecedented, Keneshia Grant, an assistant professor of political science at Howard University, told me.
Now, of course, there are HBCU alums across all levels of government. Senator Kamala Harris graduated from Howard University, and the mayors of Atlanta, New Orleans, and Birmingham—all of whom were elected in 2017—also attended HBCUs. And there have previously been governors who attended black colleges: In 1989, Douglas Wilder became the governor of Virginia and the first elected black governor in the United States. In the 1870s, there was P. B. S. Pinchback, who very briefly served as the governor of Louisiana. These candidates—Abrams, Gillum, and Barnes—are continuing that black political tradition.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/11/gillum-abrams-and-blue-wave-hbcu-politicians/574921/?utm_source=feed
VOTE!
On the road to all 254 counties of Texas. No one written off. No one taken for granted. Watch our new ad featuring Willie Nelson and RT to share. pic.twitter.com/dIVtVqF8ZK— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) November 5, 2018
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