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...boycott of classes is basically a break with the reasons we are here for and the reasons teachers are here for. Rallying for a boycott is just far too radical a thing...
...Athan G. Tolis '91, Undergraduate Council vice-chair, debating the merits of a proposed class boycott sponsored by the Minority Students Association (MSA) to encourage greater minority and women faculty hiring...
...Cara J. Wong '92, an MSA member, defending the boycott...
...nobody should believe that one day's boycott will be enough to diversify the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Even President Derek C. Bok could not just snap his fingers and diversify the Faculty. Minority and women scholars first must accept tenure offers. The recent tenure rejections of Nellie Y. McKay, Albert J. Raboteau and Cornell R. West '74 demonstrate that Harvard must make itself more desirable to outside scholars before they will come. In the meantime, the administration should be praised for its recent efforts to revitalize Afro-American Studies through joint tenure offers. We encourage the administration...
...first, students need to shake up the administration. We would have preferred that MSA had not moved the date of the boycott to avoid staging it during prefrosh week. By exposing one of Harvard's most shameful shortcomings to prospective students, MSA could have put even more pressure on the administration. Nevertheless, we endorse the boycott and encourage all students to participate...