The current crisis brings a strong sense of déjà vu: the chants, the teach-ins, the nonnegotiable demands, the self-conscious building of separate communities, the revolutionary costumes, the embrace of oppressed identities by elite students, the tactic of escalating to incite a reaction that mobilizes a critical mass of students. It’s as if campus-protest politics has been stuck in an era of prolonged stagnation since the late 1960s.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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Tom Cochrane performs “White Hot” at the 2021 NMC Gala
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The University of Florida was founded on this day — January 6 — in 1853.
The first group of students started their studies on September 26, 1906. University of Florida gained status as a University on June 5, 1905.
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The 10 largest companies on the 1955 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
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Bradley Charles Cooper — the American actor and filmmaker — was born on this day — January 5, 1975 — in Abington Township, Pennsylvania.
He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in French, and the Actors Studio Drama School at The New School, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in Acting.
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Huey Lewis & The News – If This Is It
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