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Black and Latino students visiting campus this weekend for pre-frosh weekend said the controversy surrounding the conflict between University President Lawrence H. Summers and members of the Afro-American studies department has made them question the attractiveness of the College...
...using that phrase, West is referring to the individual or group of people who falsely informed Summers that he missed three weeks of classes while working on Bill Bradley’s presidential campaign. Any one of West’s students or colleagues in the Afro-American Studies Department can disprove this fallacy; hence the assertion that Summers was misled...
...their work breeds comfort, not contempt. Metheny is capable of crafting some gorgeous melodies. Moreover, the Group’s sound has a nice thickness and weight to it, guitars and bass frequently aligning along parallel octaves. “The Gathering Sky” for example, a cantering afro-calypso number, is less restrained live than on the album and revels in its own pure happiness. After shifting through three melodic themes, drummer Antonio Sanchez took a solo and built towards a frenetic climax where, with eyes closed, you would swear at least three or four percussionists were playing...
Despite our disillusionment with West, we sincerely hope that DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr.—who is considering offers from other universitites—remains at Harvard. Not only does Gates chair the Afro-American studies department, but he was one of its main architects. His departure would be an immeasurable harm to the University—certainly much greater than West?...
...remains publicly supportive of other ethnic groups that want a stronger place in the curriculum. At the same time, some members worry that gains made for ethnic studies might negatively affect the Afro-American studies department...