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The worst kept secret the last 10 years and a fortnight or two was the unretreating rumor that the Varsity would be closing, but nobody knew exactly when the curtain would fall.
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As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, there’s a sense of relief and optimism that things will return to normal. Long-awaited family gatherings, birthday parties and graduation ceremonies are finally happening in person. Sporting events have fans in the stands, airports are busy, and we all are in the process of reclaiming those elements of life we’ve missed the past year.
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I must confess that as smart as I am, there are a few things in this world I do not understand, such as the unsolved problem in fundamental physics as to whether gravity and the quantum can be made to coexist within the same theory. Egyptian hieroglyphics are a bit challenging for me as are the rules for the Tajikistan sport ofbuzkashi, which is similar to polo but involves hitting a goat carcass instead of a ball.
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Within days of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis Police Officer, as well as the preceding death of Breona Taylor and other Black and Brown Americans who were victims of unjustified force by local law enforcement officers, the racial justice protest movement began all across the country.
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Sometimes it’s a curse to come from hard working people. The kind of folks who survived by the sweat of their brow and the turn of their hand.
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On the first day of June I had an epiphany. I was overwhelmed with the realization that this year soon will be half over. How did we get to this point with such alacrity? We began the year still shackled by COVID’s bondage. The pace was benign, the long days racked with melancholy.
Read moreOkay, enough is enough and I have had enough. I have had to endure watching lawless thugs firebomb buildings and claiming we need to defund the police. And another bunch of lawless thugs calling themselves “patriots” while inciting a riot in the United States Capitol. And don’t forget a bunch of kids doing their best Taliban imitation by tearing down statues they don’t like, proving that those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
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Dear Editor:
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