Word: bok
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After awarding of the graduate degrees, the alumni parade will march to Tercentenary Theater for the afternoon exercises at 2:15. The afternoon ceremonies, the 14th annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Alumni, the addresses by Schmidt and President Bok will take place regardless of the weather...
...dedication ceremony also displayed the callous disregard of opposing viewpoints to which many members of the University community have become accustomed of late. President Bok, in his refusal to address or even recognize the existence of the peaceful protestors who attended the opening, yet again demonstrated his unwillingness to confront the South Africa issue openly and forcefully. Meanwhile, the often crude and threatening efforts of Kennedy School administrators to deter the protestors from having their say--including their insistence that the demonstrators violated an "agreement" that never existed--reflects a frame of mind that values the forms of pomp...
While student supporters of the department gained publicity through their petitions, President Bok arranged with the Student Assembly for an open discussion on University issues. On the topic of Afro-American Studies, Bok said he has been unable to attract well-qualified candidates for tenured positions because the department suffers from a reputation for controversy. Mark Smith '72, the SASC spokesman at the Kennedy School of Government opening in the fall of 1978, responded to Bok at that meeting that the University's consistent lack of support for the department has made it an "anathema" to many qualified professors...
President Bok, who has stated his opposition to the legislation, was unavailable for comment yesterday...
Tsongas isolated Harvard in his Senate speech and challenged President Bok to a debate that Bok later turned down...