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...funding gets cut, it's not likely thatHarvard would be the first to get the axe becauseit's such a prominent research institution," saysLong. "The reason we get a lot of money is we havea proven track record of doing worthwhileresearch...
...goal of racial and social integration remains important, but altering the Housing lottery is not the way to achieve it. Trying to solve the problem of self-segregation by randomizing the Housing lottery is much like performing open-heart surgery with an axe. The instrument is too blunt to radically change social behavior without interfering with all of the other aspects of house life...
Some of the alternative political and cultural views produced through these programs threaten Republican hegemony and especially annoy the narrowminded religious right. Streisand identified the Republicans' real reason for targeting these programs for the budget axe--a reactionary desire to return the country to the conservative cultural framework of the 1950s (the era of suburban bliss when minorities and women "knew their places...
...importance and effects of activism cannot be understated in cases such as this. As students, we must make sure that all of Harvard unites in a vocal and vehement movement to keep educational programs untouched by the budgetary axe. In time, congress might again be dominated by politicians friendly to the needs of students; the Republicans' short-term thinking could be their downfall...
...seemed as if some of the adults had an axe to grind," said Julia M. Clay of Kalamazoo...