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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Criticism of AWARE is gladly accepted--from The Crimson and from anybody who comes to AWARE events--as we are looking to improve, increase and broaden our program and its effectiveness. Yet even the suggestion that the Office of Race Relations and Minority Affairs and its programs (such as AWARE) are not worthwhile represents an effort to do less, not more. I feel that this is unproductive, and unacceptable by any who seek to better understand and hopefully improve race relations on our campus and beyond. Nicholas C.D. Weinstock '91-'92 Coordinator, AWARE
Platform: Broaden property tax base, create "safety net" for disadvantaged, increase police protection, support rent control...
...addition, the department is attempting to broaden its fields and offerings to attract minority students. "We are trying to overcome the rotten record art history has of attracting minorities," says Shearman. "The discipline as a whole has not convinced minorities they should take...
...briefly in the U.S. during a sting operation that forced B.C.C.I. to plead guilty in Tampa last year to laundering drug money. Members of the group came forward to offer their chilling services to undercover U.S. Customs agents who posed as money launderers. But when the agents sought to broaden their investigation to include a probe of the network, their superiors denied the request...
...broaden its appeal, the B.J.P. in recent months has de-emphasized religion. Instead, it has promoted the party as the disciplined, ultra- nationalist remedy for the mounting ailments afflicting India, in particular the secessionist movements in Punjab, Kashmir and Assam and mounting sectarian and political violence. Since Rajiv Gandhi's assassination last month, the B.J.P. has appropriated the Congress slogan of "Stability" and argued that Gandhi's party, without a Nehru scion at the top, has become too shaky to lead India. Said Advani last week: "The B.J.P. appears to the common voter as the only oasis of stability...