Word: berkson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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First-year student H. Neil Berkson said last night that students favoring grade reform had planned a one-day strike which was to have taken place Wednesday. But students who had joined the three-day strike to protest the use of police at University Hall now "want to get back to work," Berkson said...
...Berkson said the Law Faculty is trying to focus on events in the Yard although "there are parallels between decision-making at the Law School and the University decision-making process which resulted in the police action...
...think these problems can be resolved by the faculty working alone." Berkson emphasized. The large majority of Harvard Law professors are graduates of the school. Berkson charged that they thus "have a tremendous institutional bias in favor of the status quo, having succeeded very well in it." "It might be tough to convince them of the present system's problems," he added...
...Berkson said he thought it is "a good, balanced committee, that includes a wide range of viewpoints." Cox is believed to be the only committee member who has made any public statement on the concept of a pass-fail grading plan...
...action triggered the resignation of Rita Berkson, the associate editor of the magazine, who wrote the story on Spock. She left questioning, according to the News, "who makes editorial decisions for this magazine and with what in mind...