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...calendar of events will acquaint House residents with Currier's tradition of "excellence through diversity." Lenore C. Frazier, co-master of Currier House, who initiated the anniversary celebrations, said yesterday...
...existence. Students should watch the University's actions closely, but the emphasis should be on detailed, constructive suggestions rather than on noisy protests. Still, when it comes right down to it, if there were no Afro-Am department, Blacks here--with, admittedly, quite a bit of leg work--could acquaint themselves with Black culture and history; the same cannot be said about poor Blacks who in their day-to-day struggle for survival have little opportunity for a meaningful general, much less social, education...
Mitropoulos added that the conference is probably the largest program meant to acquaint new Congressmen with major public policy issues, though he said the Brookings institution and partisan groups hold similar briefings for many of the 76 incoming representatives...
...History and Literature concentration also "tried very hard" this year to acquaint freshmen with its requirements and offerings. Wilkinson said. "It was not a recruiting effort, but an effort to make extensive information available," he added...
Berkovitz closes his letter with a lament that the "true" needs of Black students are not met by their alleged overreaction. Berkovitz might do himself good to acquaint himself with Black people, Black concerns and Black needs before he assumes to speak for their "true needs." His insensitivity, though, is not atypical. Having spent four years at this campus, I find it impossible not to conclude that the chasm between Blacks and whites here owes much more to white insensitivity (re: racism) than to any Black "overreaction." Matthew Rothschild