Word: belle
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year-old cast bronze bell in Memorial Church will still toll for memorial services and peal for the graduates this week. But it might sound a little different than usual...
During a memorial service yesterday, a steel pin holding the bell's 300-pound clapper in place broke for the second time this year, rendering the regular computer-operated ringing mechanism inoperable, said Marie Cloutier-Diflo, administrative assistant for Memorial Church...
...this reason, Bell's recent decision to teach non-credit classes to students is disappointing. His decision to remain at the school he challenged and threatened can only mitigate the impact of his protest...
...wants students to suffer by missing the opportunity to study with Bell. But for Bell to agree to teach again in a university that stands for truth and justice on one hand, while so blatantly furthering all that's prejudiced on the other, weakens the power of his original stance. Students may have to suffer briefly to improve the diversity of the Law Faculty rather than allowing Harvard to continue its subtle--yet effective--racist and sexist policies...
...Bell's change in strategy does not greatly detract from his position as a leader and a visionary in the struggle to gain more women and minority faculty at the Law School. But it does unfortunately alleviate some of the pressure on the administration. His decision has sacrificed the future of many for the immediate needs...