Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition, Rosovsky says "in a new subject beginning to establish itself, the better bridges it has to other parts of the University, the better for that department." Guinier says, however, that joint appointments restrict the amount of time and energy a professor can put into either of his two departments...
Aaron A. Estis '79, one student organizer of the April demonstrations supporting the department, says it is "better tactically for us that the decision gets made in the fall--we can do a bit of organizing work over the summer and into the fall...
After the student group distributed its petitions, it made plans for an "Afro-American Studies Day" on April 19 to inform students better about the department's problems. Despite organizers' hopes for "a crowd of over 500," the chilly day brought out only about 100 marchers, swelling to about 300 a few times. Speakers at the rally cited problems in the department as examples of Harvard's "institutional racism." Rosovsky refused comment on the speeches...
...statement of support for both issues, although some students either did not support one of the issues, or felt less strongly about one than another. "Sure, I'm for divestiture, but I don't know that much about the Afro-Am Department," one student says. "Maybe it would work better as a committee, like Social Studies--I don't know...
...would steal. Lopez rehashes recent controversies that have plagued Harvard in recent years-- the fight over genetic determination and I.Q., the University's connection with the Central Intelligence Agency, the fight over the relocation of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. It's all been said before-- and much better...