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...coalition of concerned student groups this year led protests against what they say as systematic attempts to weaken the Afro-American Studies Department. Ever since Af-Am's stormy birth ten years ago, detractors have attacked its academic validity. They believe Af-Am has no methodology and could better be studied through an interdisciplinary committee. But supporters say the demotion to a committee would cripple Af-Am by removing its right to tenure professors and choose its own curriculum. This fall an Overseers' Visiting Committee will give its opinion...
...Better recruiting and increased use of the College Board search services led to the "overall best year of minority admissions," Fitzsimmons said, adding that he hopes recruiting by minority students will have a "positive snowball effect," especially among Spanish-speaking students...
...people, and the ability to rant glibly about topics of no particular relevance. A lot of people seem to take this line, apparently reasoning that in the first week, blissful ignorance and complete openness make for the best approach. It's probably not a bad idea; there's no better time, ever, to meet people here, but the forced socialization, as it were, tends to create weird, hyper situations. There's a lot of nervous energy floating around during Freshman Week, as everyone gets used to roommates, Cambridge, and the total freedom of college life. Approach #1 is recommended...
...involved in the many decisions that took place during my absence and I did not have a clear understanding of the proposed structures for governing the department," Southern said. "If anyone had sat me down and explained what was going on, I might have had a better attitude," she added. Southern added, however, that she is not criticizing Rosovsky...
Southern said these professors refused tenure for a number of reasons, including the department's lack of a graduate program, the problems of finding jobs for wives in Cambridge, and Harvard's inability to better some of their current salaries...