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...takes several hours and several 200 bus fares for a woman to avail herself of them and, lacking a babysitter, she probably has to drag her other children along with her. The northern Bronx is largely white, Jewish and health-oriented; there, women go routinely to their private physicians for the same services...
...Committee should avail itself of the opportunity provided by the Committee on General Education for expanding courses in African Studies...
...students feel that there are areas in which they have experience and information that could not possibly be available to any white member of the Faculty. Lack of Faculty "expertise" ought not be a reason for discouraging students' work in such areas; rather, instructors should provide, at a minimum, appropriate professional guidance--bibliographical and methodological assistance--for those students who wish to pursue investigations in areas where no "expert" is presently available. Where black students have such special expertise, the Faculty should be encouraged to avail themselves of these resources...
...experience is also reflected in the almost unanimous desire of black students for an exchange program "between Harvard-Radcliffe and black Southern colleges." There are other reasons behind the demand for such a program, including the desire of those students who wish to concentrate in Afro-American Studies to avail themselves of the programs, and research resources of black colleges. There is also the expectation that such a program, which would give students from black Southern colleges an opportunity to share the Harvard experience, might result in more such students transferring to Harvard for their upperclass years...
...demonstration of Harvard's opposition to current military actions is the goal, it would be far more effective to let each individual student vow not to avail himself of the opportunity of using Harvard ROTC, forcing the military to withdraw with the humilating realization that it cannot sell itself to Harvard...