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#51389 01/01/02 04:01 PM
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The Imperial Valley College is a junior college in the California system. It is located on the Mexican border and its student body is composed of diverse ethnicities,

Ethnicity Male Female
Asians 22 55
Blacks 32 47
Filipinos 17 20
Latinos 2133 3758
Native Americans 13 9
Whites 343 394
NonResident Aliens 8 5
No Responses 37 56
Other 9 18
TOTAL 2614 4362


http://www.cpec.ca.gov/CollegeGuide/Institution.asp?C0038A

not apparently significantly including Arabians, but the sports teams are called the Arabs.


The Arabs play in the Pacific Coast Conference, and their colors are red and black.



#51390 01/01/02 05:17 PM
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I've never met anyone from this ethnic group!


#51391 01/01/02 07:11 PM
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Gosh, and here I was expecting to read about camel races or camel polo or something like that....

DromedaryDub They were the Arabian ones, weren't they, on that thread a couple weeks ago, weren't they?


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diverse ethnicities
85% latino is "diverse"?



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#51394 01/01/02 09:59 PM
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I've never met anyone from this ethnic group!


What planet you live on, huh, Earthling?




#51395 01/02/02 01:25 AM
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Gosh, and here I was expecting to read about camel races or camel polo or something like that....

When the iron fist of Talibanic rule was finally abolished in Afghanistan, one of the things the Afghanis were happiest about was being able to play the sport they consider their national pastime again, and they were eagerly teaching it to the foreign servicemen there. In effect, it consists of polo played with the head of a goat (mummified, I hope). If they think the Taliban and the Marines were tough, wait'll PETA gets their troops in there! just a joke, I support Animal Rights to a point, I'm just not wacky about it. Obviously a cruel sport. But at this particular moment, and in light of recent events, no special interests seemed to raise an eyebrow over this report broadcast internationally on CNN. Guess everyone was just glad to see these poor people happy again, if only for a moment...and justifiably so.


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Arabs on backs of camels hitting about the head of a goat. Now that's a mental image to carry with me here at the start of the new year. Surely this will be a surreal 2002 if much else like this follows.

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#51398 01/02/02 12:35 PM
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OK, OK, I didn't read carefully still again.

So, now in this slowly developing surreal dream game, I see Afghanis and Arabs on camels hitting around, not one, but several goats' heads. Now, what could they use for those sticks? Couldn't be a sports term. But could be a porting one.

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