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...economic circumstances have done more than just alter the roles of blacks as consumers and producers of art. They have also influenced the very nature of the new black art. For African Americans, it is the best of times and the worst of times: America has the largest black middle class and the largest black underclass in its history. The current achievements in black culture are unfolding against this conflicting socioeconomic backdrop. Despite remarkable gains, a sense of precariousness haunts the new black middle class and the art it creates and takes to heart. The economic advancement remains newfound...
While these proposals would be good first steps, we need to do more. It is time to alter the council's charter on the Harvard campus. Given the council's blatant resistance to input from the very persons it supposedly represents, we need to approach the faculty and ask them to revoke the council's power to take students in any way less than one which is completely voluntary...
...writing to express our deep frustration and anger at this week's Fly Club vote. It is clear that with the choice to reject co-ed membership, members of the Fly Club have missed an ideal opportunity to alter the sexist traditions maintained by Harvard's all-male final clubs. It is not only the women of Harvard who have been disappointed, but also the Fly class of 1994, the majority of Fly alumni and some present members of the club...
About 20 of the club's 50 members graduated last, year, prompting some undergraduates to fear that new members would alter the previous vote...
There were no reports of any breakthroughs in the fight against AIDS at the 10th annual international conference on the disease, held this year in Yokohama, Japan. One approach, which received some attention and may be tried next year, would use the tools of genetic engineering to alter newborns' immune systems so they can fight off the infection. For the most part, however, new ideas were few and far between. Conference organizers decided to stop holding the meeting annually, and will instead gather together every other year...