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Jewish Women in Search of Themselves 6
CommonQuest visits with three women—secular, feminist and Orthodox—who have given Jewish renewal their own meaning.

THE EDITOR’S PLACE 4
All Mixed Up by Jonathan Rieder

The Hip Hop Nation on Campus 10
Like hip hop itself, this generation of black students is torn between identity and belonging.
by Mark Anthony Neal

IN REVIEW 100
Catharine R. Stimpson on Nathan Glazerand Lawrence Levine
Richard T. Ford on Critical Race Theory
Steven Brint on The Shape of the River
Tom Terrell on Hip Hop America
Steven C. Dubin on The Shadow University

The Way It Was 24
In this memoir, the surreal haze of a frat party in 1959 leaves one of Colgate’s few black students feeling like a stranger in a strange land.
by Mel Watkins

DISPATCH 112
The Man Who Cried "Water Buffalo"
by Jonathan Rieder

Not from Here Nor from There 28
The Chicano aphorism, "not from here nor from there," captures the on-campus quandary of many Latino students at Cal State, Northridge.
by Victor Mejia

VIGNETTES

The Daily Dance 36
For Asian, African-American and Latino students living with difference on white campuses, day-to-day life—more than big debates on the canon—governs their experience.
by Inge-Lise Ameer

Too Live, at Spelman 23
by Nelson George

Multicultural Contempt for Free Speech 40
Campus seizures and burnings of "offensive" newspapers are reminders that the rhetoric of diversity can threaten First Amendment rights.
by Nat Hentoff

At the Trotsky Table 27
by Nathan Glazer

The Faces of Asian America 46
Oi Veerasarn’s photographs underscore the variety and individuality of his subjects—and the limits of the notion of "generic" Asians.

Too Jewish, at Yale 39
by Rabbi James Ponet

Dramas of Difference at Dalton 56
A chronicle of the heartening, sometimes difficult, efforts of a New York private school to build a multicultural community.
by Andrew P. Glassman

A Dialogue of Earlessness 45
by Ilan Stavans

The World According to "South Park" 68
Is the animated cartoon "South Park" tasteless revelry, a parody of intolerance, or both?
by Alyssa Katz

Aaron the "Wiggah" 67
by Salim Muwakill

Dat Nguyen—As In WIN 76
The great talent of a Vietnamese linebacker, whowent on to become an
All-American at Texas A&M, changed hearts and minds along the Texas Gulf.
by Larry Moffi

Mourning for Rabin in Ghana 75
by Ilana Berenbaum

Behind the Cheering Faces 84
What did it really mean when Howard University Law School students
cheered O.J. Simpson’s acquittal?
by Lisa Crooms

Twenty-Five Years Ago... 83
by Louie Skipper

Renewing the Forest: Catholics in the Multicultural Mix 88
After years of playing down their unique mission, many Catholic colleges
are asking how they should affirm their Catholic identity.
by Peter Steinfels

In My Own Kitchen 87
by Vera J. Katz

Publish or Perish— Finding Jewish Life in the Word 96
In Jewish campus publications, Jewish students have created a third estate of faith, discovery and community.
by Mik Moore