Word: attractions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More than 30 Harvard students ended their fast aimed at protesting Harvard's investments in companies doing business in South Africa more than two weeks ago, but their action continues to attract widespread attention and support...
Because of its structure, the Foundation simply cannot effect any large-scale change. Sponsoring conferences with little-known speakers or esoteric subject matter, for example, will not attract students in the numbers necessary to change race relations at Harvard. Furthermore, few even know of the Foundation's existence because of the paucity of student involvement. The flow of money and the choice of events are controlled by a board of overseers composed exclusively of faculty members. Although there are student committees set up to advise the board, they have remained essentially inactive to date. If student liaisons were allowed...
...Foundation must honor "big" names to attract attention, let it honor celebrities who have been involved with race relations. Instead of Diana Ross, honor Stevie Wonder, who has dedicated songs to Martin Luther King rather than the acquisition of muscles. Instead of Sugar Ray Leonard, honor former heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali or former N.Y. Giant Rosie Grier...
...president of the university, acknowledged that "Students and faculty for years have seen themselves as orphans in the Ivy League and elsewhere." A public relations firm was hired to discover what produced this inferiority complex, and to determine how that poor image would affect the university's ability to attract the best applicants...
...students do believe a listing in the official calendar will attract more freshmen to their events, and they see the issue above all as a symbolic one. Listing the events, they argue, adds legitimacy to the activities. The events will take place anyway, so there is no logical reason for the College to deny this tacit endorsement for Third World and women's groups on campus. And the Freshman Dean's office should go one step further and restore the funding...