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...says David L. Edeli '99. Maybe back then it was common for all God's creatures to frolic in someone's hair, as the 1968 song suggests. 30 years later, however, Big Hair isn't as common as it was in those heady days of long-haired hippies and afro-puffed Black Panthers. A person who gives each strand of hair the freedom to grow from its follicle--to find its own path from the scalp to the sky--is a rarity. Harvard has a few students who understand the Zen principles behind Big Hair. Some shape their hair, while...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: WHAM! Make it Big | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...Anthony Appiah, acting chair of the Afro-American Studies Department, said he was extremely happy for his colleague and friend...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ghana Honors Gates In Special Postage Stamp | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

...debate, sponsered by The Minority Student Alliance (MSA) and other student groups, included Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel R. West '74, Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth Wisse, and Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53. It was originally supposed to take place in Emerson...

Author: By Olivia Ralston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Affirmative Action Debate Draws Crowd | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

Annual performance self-reports are part of each department's yearly report to Knowles, says K. Anthony Appiah, chair of the Afro-American studies department. Visiting committees also report on departments, including the Faculty members...

Author: By Caroline T. Nguyen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Losing Tenure: Rare, But Not Impossible | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

...other panelists were Diana L. Eck, professor of comparative religion and Indian studies; J. Bryan Hehir, professor of the practice in religion and society; James Kloppenberg, professor of history at Brandeis University; Cornel R. West '74, professor of the philosophy of religion and Afro-American studies, and Ronald F. Thiemann, dean of the Divinity School and O'Brian professor of divinity...

Author: By Mans O. Larsson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Government Luminaries Speak on Tocqueville | 10/29/1997 | See Source »

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