Word: ams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Student reaction to the planned boycott has been mixed. "I know I support divestiture, but I don't think I know enough about the Afro-Am problem." one student said yesterday, voicing a common sentiment. Another student said she thought a boycott was a good way to show student support...
State Rep. Richard P. Roche, co-chairman of the state energy development caucus, said yesterday, "I am not sure Wilson will act objectively in this matter."
I am outraged by the latest show of student activism on campus--Monday's proposed boycott of classes in support of both South African divesture and the Afro-American Studies Department. Taking a moral stance on racial apartheid in South Africa, certainly one concern of international importance, is one thing...
If the Afro-Am Department is evaluated by a respected and racially-balanced committee who finds it lacking in academic merit, then Harvard is justified in changing the department. This is not evidence of Harvard's lack of concern for minority needs.
This is not, I hasten to add, because I am a foreign student. With recruitment of American students in a covert manner, the moral and academic dangers are either insignificant or outweighed by the necessities of intelligence. This is not the case with foreign students.