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...also cites a study released by Harvard’s Civil Rights Project, which Orfield heads, that argues against percentage plans, which some state universities use to automatically admit high-ranking high school students and have been put forward by some as an effective method of increasing diversity...
...role as an institution that is at once American and (in its students and faculty) international. We live in a moment of unprecedented American power and influence in the world. Harvard is perhaps the most famous American university outside of this country. With all this renown comes responsibility: to admit frankly how little we know, to seek knowledge of others and of ourselves—indeed to see ourselves as others see us—and to avoid pride, even when others accord us pride of place...
Still others avoid The Crimson because of the perception often perpetuated in minority communities of the paper as institutionally racist. While I readily admit that The Crimson has on numerous occasions in recent years done a poor job of accurately covering and representing minority communities, these incidents—which in some respects can happen with any area of coverage—have led to direct problems with minority groups who use such instances to level charges of racism more broadly than is justified...
...grow tense when asked who is the best video game player. Most members demur, insisting that it “depends on the game,” and their favorites range from Privateer Wing Commando to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. At gunpoint, however, most admit that Truelson, when motivated, is always capable of being the best at a game. By contrast, they speak loudly and in unison about their least skilled member. “Aaron [Siegel] is the worst,” they say, and he nods his head up and down, accepting...
...It’s only a difference in degree,” Tatum said of scholarships granted to athletes. “I can’t see a single distinction, except we admit what we’re doing and they use a different name for it in the Ivy League...