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Graphic Online BY: Rodney s Potpourri 705 I am not a veteran of demonstrations, with only two under my belt after more than five decades on this earth. Looking back, I regret this and wish I could clock up a few more ‘demo miles’ to make up for the dearth. My first demonstration was at Opoku Ware School, when as a Lower Six student in 1986, I joined in a student demonstration against our headmaster. I do not remember what our grievance was. We shouted and marched around the campus and then marched to Manhyia Palace to present our petition to the then Asantehene, Otumfuo Opoku Ware II. ....
Phyllis Graber Jensen Published on April 8, 2021 Hannah McKenzie ’21 has received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a prestigious grant that supports a year of international exploration for graduating U.S. college seniors. During her year abroad, McKenzie plans to travel to South Africa, Uganda, Greece, and Switzerland to meet and talk with refugees about their traditional foods, their markets and restaurants, and how they are working to sustain and empower themselves. “As an outsider, I will meet them in their worlds of expertise, contributions, and pride,” she says. An anthropology major from the Maryland town of Stevenson, in Baltimore County, McKenzie is among 42 Watson awardees across the nation for 2021. Each Watson Fellow will receive $36,000 for 12 months of travel and college loan assistance, as applicable. ....