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In a world where we all circle the fiery sun With a need for love What have we become? Tragedy flows unbound and there's no place to run Till it's done Questions that call to us, we all reflect upon Where do we belong? Where do we come from? Questions that call to us, we all reflect upon Till it's done - D'Angelo - Till It's Done (TUTU)

LEVERAGE THE ZINE VOL. 2:1 SPRING 2015

Leverage: the zine FAQ Leverage: the power to act : influence or power to achieve a desired result : the increase in force gained by using a lever About Us Leverage is a small self-published zine and blog platform dedicated to documenting and highlighting the voices of people of color on the Bryn Mawr College campus and within the Tri-Co. We feel that calling this work Leverage is representative of the power inherent in our identity as people of color. Our goal is to hold candid and informal, but informative discussions about the issues that impact our lives. Submission & Eligibility Leverage only accepts work by individuals who identify as a ‘person of color.’ POC is an umbrella term that we use not to disregard the ways we each may benefit from various racial structures. Instead we look to the term ‘person of color’ as one of solidarity, with Leverage being a space to ‘unpack’ and problematize those racial structures. We accept art, poetry, prose, and other creative works that will be compiled and published as a bi-semester anthology, with opportunities for multimedia & performance based submissions to be published on the blog. There is no word limit for submissions to the blog. For longer works please provide an excerpted version of 500 words (or less) for inclusion in Leverage’s printed volume.

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Dear Reader, We would like to thank everyone who submitted to this issue, every person that aided in its creation. We apologize for putting this zine out so late, and hope you still enjoy it just as much. Here, we look to document the imaginative power of the people of color in our community to prevent the erasure of that power. We want to encourage our fellow POC to enact that power in their own lives, and use it to start important conversations. This zine contains spaces for your viewing/reading/listening pleasure, for reflection, and for your (yeah your!) participation. By no means do the opinions found here encompass or represent the thoughts and attitudes of all people of color. Remember, these works are by individuals who want to contribute to a larger conversation, and show their creativity. We have worked hard to facilitate a platform that celebrates those views and voices. We also want to strongly encourage more people to submit so that we can make a publication that illuminates the diversity of creativity within out community. So dear reader, please enjoy the second issue of Leverage. Take time to read through the poems, ponder the images, and consider the voices around you that have been told to keep silent. Please, use this as a space to make noise. Gratefully yours, Medoza Ameen ‘16, Rochelle Waite ‘16, Claudia Delaplace ‘16 p.s. Shouts out to Sila. We see you working hard.

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<<<<<<POC B/Vlog Recommendations>>>>> Who: Stephanie Villa What: Fashion/Beauty Why: Stephanie’s clean videos, bold, chic style, and articulate reviews make her a charming and informative youtuber to keep up with. If you like a statement lip, she’s the girl for you! Where: http://www.soothingsista.com/ Who: Raye Raye What: Fashion/Beauty/Hair Why: Came for the awesome natural hair tips, fun makeup tutorials, stayed for the stylish lookbooks and Raye Raye’s bubbly, relatable charm. Where: youtube channel: ItsMyRayeRaye

Who: Paville Aldrige What: Beauty/Fashion Why: The only thing better than Paville’s accessible hair tips and easy to replicate makeup looks is her adorable voice narrating the videos! Where: youtube.com/user/Pavilleis

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(((CONTENTS))) Cover by Cordelia Larsen A Drawing - Cordelia Larsen ‘17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Two Poems - Sofi Chavez ‘17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Quick Succession - Noel Quiñones ‘15 . . . . . . . . . . 3 South Asian Queer Help Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Poem Collage - Itzel Delgado ‘16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Light and life - Amala Someshwar ’18 . . . . . . . . . . 8 Undone//No Appointment - Rochelle Waite ‘16 . . . 9 A collage - Medoza Ameen ‘16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 #BlackLivesMatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A Poem - Gabby Smith ‘17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Mawrter Mooncake - Miranda Chanilang ’17 . . . . .13 Dear __________, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Giving Chocolate Mabbie a Chance - S. Marrie . . .17 Hyphen Name Change Press Release . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Bryn Mawr, Palimpsest - Emma Kioko ‘15 . . . . . . . 21 Natural by Pamudu Tennakoon ‘15. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Playlist – Claudia Delaplace ‘16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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This is a piece I did a few years ago using sticks and ink referencing the earthquake in Haiti. The assignment was to draw something that was troubling so I chose this as my subject as many of my relatives were still recovering from its effects.

Title: Nature Artist: Pamudu Tennakoon â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 Year: 2013 Type: Installation

Artist: Cordelia Larsen â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17

Title: Bryn Mawr, Palimpsest Artist: Emma Kioko

Eraser I sit in a room a room full of books storiesfull the librarian rawboned takes mango street takes the borderlands and the devil’s highway takes my hips, my legs too can’t runfast and the librarian’s seismic fingers detach the garcía girls from their accents her wrinklelips kiss themselves taking so far from God and my eyelashes, my tongue room full of waning books and me erase eraser erase her

Bra Shopping, or “Honey, you’re gay” It was like that moment after, after nipped skin, carefully strapped in accordion flesh constricted sin, clasps sunk in each day I dissected my breast, the wire a scalpel my amphibian flesh tucked, pleated, gathered me in but then, “Honey, this bra is two sizes too small”— It was like that moment when, A wide and stupid grin, tenderly wrapped in elbow latch, hook, and all, I’d been released, nimble pinions set to eager skin—

Sofi Chavez ‘17 21

Quick Succession: I am territory. Entonces, we had land, y now we don’t. Heavy with the soil, my birth mixed African. Ezekiel dark as the Shaded part of la isla. Taino. Porque who isn’t? Spaniard. A retelling of the same story, 1898. Otra vez. Again and again, the neighbors in Bayamón talk about New York City, opportunity, and Zaida sits in the backyard comiendo mangoes, bananas, living on wonder full things. No, no. Si, si. Your Great Grandfather died in the Korean War, 1952. Died? No. Captured? Si. Cómo? Two of his friends were in his unit, saw it happen. They tried to yell run but he was pinned down down down down the tree, an Ancestry in me?

1. The name Hyphen was chosen to represent the space between Asian-American, a space which is not necessarily hyphenated but is one that Asian Americans must constantly negotiate, reclaim, and redefine. 2. This is also why we chose to add the – American to our subtitle; part of negotiating our identity includes struggling with American racial dynamics and the “Model Minority” myth and “Forever Foreigner” stereotypes, among others. These stereotypes falsely homogenize the AsianAmerican experience by erasing the racism and other prejudices we face as people of color from a diverse group of cultural minorities. Despite our name change, we still welcome those who do not identify as Asian-American. But our club mission remains the same: to start conversations about Asian American identity and its intersections, especially within Bryn Mawr College; to serve as a general safe space for Bryn Mawr College’s Asian-American community; and to stand in solidarity with those who must also identify as a –American.

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Nutrients, the laptop smeared clear, why cry niño? I am a territory, while they file away paled ancestors I am a grant, insurance policy, unstable present from Korea. She asks herself everyday why we came to America, sold my mother the dream I guess. No. They came because Puerto Rico swam with unemployment, need ,want, what? Si. She would have stayed in Puerto Rico if Emiliano hadn’t been captured.

In light of recent events surrounding race and identity on campus, Asian Students’ Association (ASA) has decided to change our name to Hyphen (Asian-American Students’ Association). Two major changes have been made: the new title, Hyphen, and the addition of the –American to our subtitle.

I hope his awakening was filled with you, Zaida. I hope his eyes were whitefold blind, Ezekiel. I hope his death was quick as the needle, Miguel. I hope his death was quick as the I hope his death was quick as I hope his death was quick I hope his death was I hope his death I hope his I hope I

Noel Quiñones, Swarthmore ‘15

SOUTH ASIAN QUEER HELPLINE SERVES UP MORE THAN SOUP San Francisco, California, October 4, 2014. Volunteers at the Desi lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and Queer Helpline for South Asians (DeQH) celebrated Mental Health Month by rolling up their sleeves, washing dishes and serving free meals at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. The event is the first of several in honor of the DeQH’s second anniversary, coinciding with Coming Out Day, next week on October 11th. DeQH volunteers Vivek Anand and Satyajit Pande coordinated the event last Saturday as part of Be the Change, a National Day of Service organized by SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together). Volunteers from South Asian organizations Trikone and SAALT also participated. “I liked connecting with SAALT, a group of progressive South Asians who are open to working interactively with our LGBTQ community,” said Pande, pictured at right. “We sometimes hear of growing homophobia in India.” Be the Change was inspired by the words of the non-violent freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi, who challenged the world to “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Volunteering at the Free Meals Program at Glide Memorial was a fitting choice for DeQH, providing a free meal and helping hand to those who are suffering from the effects of mental illness, addiction, homelessness, or struggling to make ends meet. As a helpline for those in need, serving others is the foundation of DeQH. “We wanted to reach a community that we haven’t gotten to know well in San Francisco,” said Pande, referring to the Tenderloin, a neighborhood known for its immigrant communities, poverty and crime. !

We never see her crush tell her off, but he happily exits the grammar school one afternoon with “a lemon-hued lynx / With sand-waves loving her brow” (lines 19-20), leaving Mabbie behind. Though I have not had a crush on someone, I know that I will never be rejected due to the color of my skin. Yet I cannot imagine what it would be like, but if I really paid attention to this poem, I can get an idea. I normally do not pay attention to the color of my skin, but after reading about how “chocolate” Mabbie is ignored in favor of someone more “lemon-hued,” I begin to notice how skin color is perceived (line 19). I also get a taste of how a darker girl is forced to think about it because the outside world constantly reminds her of it. Though it is not a happy poem, I appreciate it not for “translating” itself into something I can relate to, but for bringing to light a different experience so I understand how nastily the world works for those less privileged than myself. I receive the poem partially because I strive to be openminded, but also because the poem tries to be intimate with me as a reader. Though the ballad is often told impersonally, the speaker calls Mabbie “our Mabbie” as her story comes to a close (line 18). This phrase acknowledges that there is an audience listening in on the story, and the reader is thus invested in what happens to Mabbie. The reader can then try to understand Mabbie, even if he or she many not relate to her. This makes sense since the ballad is a popular form, meaning of the people. Love is a popular topic among the common people and makes the ballad more relatable When a white person reads “the ballad of chocolate Mabbie,” he or she will not find any experience but Mabbie’s. The poem’s language may be easy to understand, but its subject matter may be obscure because African Americans are still considered a minority. Though a white reader may feel alienated at first, he or she should not discount the poem because it does everything it can to show how real and poignant the black girl’s experience is. I was able to appreciate this poem’s meaning as a result of its ballad form, despite the differences between Mabbie and I

Excerpt from: Giving Chocolate Mabbie a Chance | Stephanie Marrie ‘16 It seems today that, according to critic Randall Jarrell, modern readers do not understand older poems, particularly those of the old Western canon, because of “their systematic unreceptiveness” of the poem’s language and subject (9). After all, in order to better understand a poem’s meaning and its effect on readers, they need “willing emotional empathy” (Jarrell 9). However, I want to bring up racial unreceptiveness, or the white American misconception of racial progress. It is a fairly common idea among young Americans that racism ended with the civil rights movement. Thus, when African Americans bring up current instances of racism, they are hesitant to believe that it still pervades society at large. I hope to dispel this misconception by discussing the poem “the ballad of chocolate Mabbie” by Gwendolyn Brooks; this poem captures one of the most insidious prejudices against African Americans, so subtle that even other African Americans perpetuate them. In this poem, a young black girl named Mabbie is in love with Willie Boon, but he is with a lighter-skinned African American (or lynx, as was the old slang for black person). Though Jarrell claims, “When you begin to read a poem you are entering a foreign country whose laws and language and life are a kind of translation of your own,” (9) I would argue that this poem is meaningful not because it translates its experience to the non-black reader’s life, but it forces the reader to realize its black girl perspective. I anticipate the reader’s potential alienation with this poem’s subject matter because of my personal inability to fully understand Mabbie’s heartbreak. I am a light-skinned girl, born from a Japanese mother and a white father. My mother has often complimented my fair skin, particularly my clear forehead. I have been called pale before, but never in a negative sense. Mabbie, on the other hand, clearly has dark skin, being “cut from a chocolate bar,” (line 3) and is implicitly rejected for it.

“I realized that poverty and hunger feel the same anywhere on the planet. And to see people dedicate their life to this makes me want to do more.” In addition, most people don’t realize that there are members of the South Asian community who also struggle with these issues, like not having a place to live when they come out as transgender or queer. “Helping out with this event I was able to serve South Asians, people of color, people who were from the LGBTQ community, and other residents of the Tenderloin,” said Anand, left in the picture above. The event gave him an opportunity to respect the dignity of each person he served, at first seeing “people look down, disconnect, get ready to move on. I said, ‘May I take that for you?’ Many would then look up, respond to my nod and smile, and say ‘Thank you so much.’ We met each other as human beings.” Submitted by Kurry Mansukhani ‘17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ABOUT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DeQH (pronounced Dake) offers a free, confidential, culturally sensitive peer support, information and resources by telephone LGBTQQ South Asian individuals, families and friends.. The helpline is currently open four hours a week, with a mission of providing a safe and supportive ear for callers to voice their concerns, questions, struggles or hopes through conversations with trained South Asian Peer Support Volunteers. Core committee members and volunteers include individuals from queer South Asian organizations SALGA-NYC, AQUA - North Carolina, Khush DC, Satrang, Trikone as well as other groups around the country. DeQH is fiscally sponsored by Trikone San Francisco and is supported by the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA). The helpline is available from: 8pm-10pm on Thursdays and Sundays, Eastern Standard Time [5-7pm PST]. Persons in need can reach the helpline at (908) FOR-DEQH (908-367-3374). For further information, please contact Sangeeta Swamy at deqh.info@gmail.com.

It’s happening again. I’m eating with a group of people. I can’t tell if they pity me more or fear being alone more. I can’t tell where I fit in this category. I wish it was happening again. She invites me to hang out with her. We laugh until we cry. I don’t feel so alone right now. It’s happening again. The anxiety is never ending. My breathing is constrained. My thoughts and heart are racing to see who is the fastest. My hands won’t stop shaking and my tears won’t stop rolling. It’s happening again. I’m transitioning to a new place. I’m having a rough start again. But I’m hopeful, like last time, that rough start blooms into new strength. It’s happening again. I couldn’t leave the person I didn’t like back at home, but here, I can shape that person into something new. It’s happening again. A new change. A new start. A new me. A new Bryn Mawr.

- Itzel Delgado, Haverford ‘16 16 7

Dear __________, It’s happening again. I saw three blonde heads with pale skin all gathered together. They’re like a secret club and I’m expected to live with them. One of them asked about my culture. One of them was surprised by my English skills. One of them keeps her distance. It’s happening again. The girl I introduced myself to on the second day of orientation ignored me when I tried to talk to her. What did I do now? Maybe she could sense what the other kids could when I was bullied. Maybe she could read my mind and read that sort of mean thought I had for a second. Maybe she just knew there was something wrong with me. Something broken she didn’t want to deal with. It’s happening again. Isn’t this supposed to be a club where I fit and belong to? Affinity groups exist so that I can at least be in a room full of people that reflect the community I left back home, right? Oh right, that community thought I was too much too. I was too Western for the parents and too traditional for the kids my own age. They can sense my displacement here too. It’s happening again. I’m missing class. I’m hiding under covers crying. I’m making appointments and emailing professors asking for time to adjust. One extension, two extensions, three extensions, more…

Artist: Amala Someshwar ’18 Title: Light and life !

Undone//No Appointment 1. This morning is a tight rope morning. I am bent at the knees this morning. I am squaring my hips under my chest. My eyes are focused on one point in the distance, so as not to come undone this morning. 2. The barber said to me: I know you don't care about this because your cheeks aren't even a little rough, but did you see that dude on the flat screen? He just dropped an easy 50k to get his brand new car taken apart and put back together again. Wish you had that money, don't you? That reconfiguration money. That pull shit into reality straight outta your imagination money. 3. The barber said to me: Are you from around here? Yes, I live nearby (read: Yes, but I’m only here now because my last barber was a scrub. A slimy whisper of a man who scuttled his way across my eardrums. A termite that chomps on shaky homes folks are already nervous to step inside of. A motherfucker). 4. The barber said to me: What would you like today? Just the sides shaved? Leave the top? How low do you want it? Barely-there sideburns pointed or square? A firm handshake when we’re done? Easy enough. I can fix you right up.

Rochelle Waite ‘16

Mawrter Mooncake by Miranda Chanilang ‘17 My parents don't send me mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival (I didn't even know it was a tradition for Asian parents to send mooncakes to their kids away at college. That's ok because I don't find them exceptionally tasty). Regardless, it's nice to know that if I ever miss home, there are always people on campus I can celebrate with. This year I ate mooncakes with the Bryn Mawr Chinese Cultural Studies Association.

That Which Grows Out of My Head I stand high and free. Obstructing the view of others, always waiting to be seen. Stubbornness is my virtue. Thick, twisting, and twirling. Shaped for the day to come, in remnants of the past. If only I could have been as free then. - Gabby Smith ‘17 by MEDOZA AMEEN ‘16 13

Rumain Brisbon, 34, Phoenix, Ariz.—Dec. 2, 2014. Tamir Rice, 12, Cleveland, Ohio—Nov. 22, 2014. Akai Gurley, 28, Brooklyn, NY—Nov. 20, 2014. Kajieme Powell, 25, St. Louis, Mo.—August 19, 2014. Ezell Ford, 25, Los Angeles, Calif.—August 12, 2014. How many more? Shereese Francis, 30, Queens, New York - March 15, 2012. Alesia Thomas, 35, Los Angeles - July 22, 2012. Anna Brown, 29, St. Louis Missouri - September 2011. Dante Parker, 36, San Bernardino County, Calif.—August 12, 2014. Michael Brown, 18, Ferguson, Mo.—August 9, 2014. John Crawford III, 22, Beavercreek, Ohio—August 5, 2014. Tyree Woodson, 38, Baltimore, Md.—August 2, 2010. Eric Garner, 43, New York, N.Y.—July 17, 2014. Victor White III, 22, Iberia Parish, La.—March 22, 2014. Amadou Diallo, 23, New York, N.Y.—Feb. 4, 1999. How many more? Yvette Smith, 47, Bastrop, Texas—February 16, 2014. McKenzie Cochran, 25, Southfield, Mich.—January 28, 2014. 14. Jordan Baker, 26, Houston, Texas—January 16, 2014. Andy Lopez, 13, Santa Rosa, Calif.—October 22, 2013. How many more? Miriam Carey, 34, Washington, D.C.—October 3, 2013. Jonathan Ferrell, 24, Bradfield Farms, N.C.— September 14, 2013. Carlos Alcis, 43, New York, N.Y.—August 15, 2013. How many more? Larry Eugene Jackson, Jr., 32, Austin, Texas—July 26, 2013. Deion Fludd, 17, New York, N.Y.—May 5, 2013. Kimani Gray, 16, New York, N.Y.—March 9, 2013. Johnnie Kamahi Warren, 43, Dotham, Ala.— December 10, 2012. Malissa Williams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43, Cleveland, Ohio—November 29, 2012. How many more? Kyam Livingston, 37, New York - July 20, 2013. Margaret Mitchell, 55, Los Angeles - May 21, 1999. Martina Brown, 58, New Jersey - July, 2009. How many more? Reynaldo Cuevas, 20, New York, N.Y.—September 7, 2012. Chavis Carter, 21, Jonesboro, Ark.—July 29, 2012. Shantel Davis, 23, New York, N.Y.—June 14, 2012. Sharmel Edwards, 49, Las Vegas, Nev.—April 21, 2012. How many more? Tamon Robinson, 27, New York, N.Y.—April 18, 2012. 29. Ervin Jefferson, 18, Atlanta, Ga.—March 24, 2012. Kendrec McDade, 19, Pasadena, Calif.—March 24, 2012. Rekia Boyd, 22, Chicago, Ill.—March 21, 2012. How many more? Shereese Francis, 30, New York, N.Y.—March 15, 2012. Wendell Allen, 20, New Orleans, La.—March 7, 2012. Nehemiah Dillard, 29, Gainesville, Fla.—March 5, 2012. Dante Price, 25, Dayton, Ohio—March 1, 2012. Raymond Allen, 34, Galveston, Texas— February 27, 2012., Sgt. Manuel Loggins, Jr., 31, Orange County, Calif.—February 7, 2012. How many more? Ramarley Graham, 18, New York, N.Y.—February 2, 2012. Kenneth Chamberlain, 68, White Plains, N.Y.— November 19, 2011. Pearlie Smith, 93, Texas - May 2014. Tyisha Miller, 19, Los Angeles - Dec. 28, 1998. Kathryn Johnson, 92, Atlanta - November 21, 2006. Gabriella Nevarez, 22, Sacramento - March 2, 2014. Eleanor Bumpurs, 66, Bronx - October 29, 1984. Alonzo Ashley, 29, Denver, Colo.—July 18, 2011. 41. How many more? Kenneth Harding, 19, San Francisco, Calif.—July 16, 2011. Lamia Beard, 30, of Norfolk, Va - January 12, 2015. Ty Underwood, 24, Texas - January 26, 2015. Raheim Brown, 20, Oakland, Calif.—January 22, 2011. How many more? Reginald Doucet, 25, Los Angeles, Calif.—January 14, 2011. How many more? Derrick Jones, 37, Oakland, Calif.—November 8, 2010. Danroy Henry, 20, Thornwood, N.Y.—October 17, 2010. Aiyana Jones, 7, Detroit, Mich.—May 16, 2010. Mackala A Ross, 13, and Delores Epps, 53, Memphis- August 26, 2012. Kendra James, 21, Portland, Oregon - May 5, 2003. How many more? Steven Eugene Washington, 27, Los Angeles, CA—March 20, 2010. How many more? Aaron Campbell, 25, Portland, Ore.—January 29, 2010. Kiwane Carrington, 15, Champaign, Ill.—October 9, 2009. Victor Steen, 17, Pensacola, Fla.—October 3, 2009. How many more? Shem Walker, 49, New York, N.Y.—July 11, 2009. Oscar Grant, 22, Oakland, Calif.—January 1, 2009. Tarika Wilson, 26, Lima, Ohio—January 4, 2008. How many more? DeAunta Terrel Farrow, 12, West Memphis, Ark.—July 22, 2007. Sean Bell, 23, New York, N.Y.—November 25, 2006. Henry Glover, 31, New Orleans, La.— September 2, 2005. Ronald Madison, 40, and James Brisette, 17, New Orleans, La.—Sept. 4, 2005. Timothy Stansbury, 19, New York, N.Y.—January 24, 2004. Alberta Spruill, 57, New York, N.Y.—May 16, 2003. Ousmane Zongo, 43, New York, N.Y.—May 22, 2003. Orlando Barlow, 28, Las Vegas, Nev.— February 28, 2003. How many more? Timothy Thomas, 19, Cincinnati, Ohio—April 7, 2001. Penny Proud, 21, New Orleans - February 10, 2015. How many more? Yazmin Vash Payne, 33, Los Angeles - January 31, 2015. How many more? Prince Jones, 25, Fairfax County, Va.—Sept. 1, 2000. Darnisha Harris, 16, Lafayette - December, 2, 2013. How many more? Jacqueline Culp, 59, Atlanta - July 2012. Chuniece Patterson, 21, Syracuse - November 12, 2010. Eula Love, 39, S. Los Angeles - January 3, 1979. Ronald Beasley, 36, and Earl Murray, 36, Dellwood, Mo.—June 12, 2000. How many more? Patrick Dorismond, 26, New York, NY—March 16, 2000. How many more? Malcolm Ferguson, 23, New York, N.Y.—March 1, 2000. How many more?

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