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Kwabena L. "Bobo" Blankson '01, an Alabaman who is the first American citizen in his family, will be vice-commander...
...Blankson never intended to end up in ROTC, but after being accepted to Harvard, he began to search for ways to pay for college...
This is the sort of news that will depress Kwabena L. Blankson '01. Blankson is petitioning for History 1907, "West Africa from 1800 to the Present," to count for Historical Studies B credit. He writes, "I realize that many courses have been petitioned without success but I feel that my reasons...are quite compelling," and then recounts how no course on Africa is currently available in either Foreign Cultures or Historical Studies. "If the purpose of the Core is to 'broadly educate every Harvard graduate,'" Blankson writes, "not having an African history course of any sort denies students the opportunity...
Counting more courses, on a broad range of subjects, will not just help students like Blankson who want to study regions currently ignored. It will also help the morale of students and professors throughout the Core as overcrowded classes will slim down as students pursue other options...
...Blankson, a member of the U.N. committee against Apartheid, affirmed the committee's support for the referendum...