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Brandon M. Terry ’05, president of the Black Men’s Forum (BMF), said that Tyson sent the e-mail him and ABHW President Helen O. Ogbara ’05 late Monday night and asked them to forward it to their respective open lists...
...Harvard Black Men’s Forum (BMF), recognize the monumental importance of the ongoing process of reviewing the College curriculum: the review will profoundly affect both the experience of future Harvard students and the institution of higher education in general. There is much to be praised about the recent recommendations of the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR)—but there is much more that should be done to ensure that the review does not neglect issues of importance to minority communities, both on campus and within the larger society...
...Theses. We also support a reorganization of the academic calendar and the introduction of a January term that allows for alternative experiences, as long as these changes are instituted in a way that does not compromise the importance of reading period for the synthesis and comprehension of material. The BMF also strongly endorses the HCCR report’s emphasis on an international experience for all students—as long as the College concurrently moves to expand and encourage travel and study opportunities in underappreciated regions such as Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean...
However, the BMF does have concerns about several of the proposals advanced by the report. Most immediately, we are convinced that a move to a Yale-style housing system—in which first-years would be placed in Houses based on their first-year entryways—would prove damaging to the experience of Harvard students, and particularly minority students, for a number of reasons. Many Harvard students select their blocking groups and roommates based on relationships they have formed through some sort of extracurricular activity. The shared interests of these rooming groups nurture individuals and provide for their...
...BMF also believes it important that the College further diversify its curriculum to include more classes that deal with the art, literature, philosophy, social science and history of people of color worldwide. The newly-proposed “Harvard College Courses,” with their interdiscliplinary approaches to traditional questions, provide a perfect platform for the College to increase the visibility and importance of non-Western approaches to knowledge. A global citizen of the 21st century should be able to draw on a plethora of cultural and intellectual traditions when making decisions...