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...ethnic minority why shouldn't they accept me simply because I am left handed or walk with a limp? If academic ability is not to be the primary consideration for the admissions office, then how long will Harvard remain a college that anyone interested in learning wishes to attend...
...Western reporters were accused of being CIA agents because they tried to take pictures of a burned-out Somali tank near the front, and two photographers were detained for three hours for taking pictures of bodies on the streets. A group of American journalists was even denied permission to attend a U.S. embassy reception, prompting an official American protest to the Ethiopian foreign ministry. The tour ended with a canned press conference at which Mengistu answered questions which had been submitted by the correspondents earlier in the week. Most of the reporters promptly packed their bags...
Although in its early years the Divinity School served mainly as a training ground for Protestant ministers, the school today has more Roman Catholics than students of any other single religious denomination. Catholics began to attend the non-denominational school in significant numbers (more than 30) about ten years ago. Today 45 students out of 300 enrolled at the school claim affiliation with the Catholic Church, according to the answers to a questionnaire sent out by Bernard Swain, the counselor to Roman Catholic students at the school...
...future Catholic Church workers attend a non-denominational school such as Harvard? Swain cites the lack of alternative institutions for these students, since "few Catholic seminaries will train lay people for anything." Harvard especially appeals to students because of its reputation for academic excellence and generous financial aid policy. The non-denominational status also attracts people. Most Catholic students at the Div School have attended Catholic grammar schools, high schools and colleges, Swain says, and "want a break from a kind of ghetto educational experience...
Nevertheless, the replacement of "space opera" and technological science fiction by more sociological and humanitarian themes seems to be the main cause of the growth of interest in science fiction among the general public, said Richard Gruen, a fan who traveled from California to attend Boskone. "A story that used to talk about how to build a colony on the moon today would talk about how people manage under those conditions," he said...