Word: caucasians
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
According to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) police Lieutenant Salvatore L. Venturelli, the man—whom he described as a Caucasian male in his fifties—jumped at approximately 7:30 p.m. in front of an outbound subway train...
...Caucasian boys in co-ed schools were thought to be doing pretty well: Teachers seem to favor boys, engaging them, correcting them, and guiding them. They are encouraged to be leaders, to dominate discussion, and to forge ahead intellectually...
Criticizing scholarships reserved for minority students, the Boston University College Republicans announced Monday that the group will be awarding a $250 scholarship that requires applicants to be at least 25 percent Caucasian. The move was intended to provoke discussion on “the morally wrong practice” of using “racial preferences rather than merit” in awarding scholarship money, according to a statement from the BU Republicans. The Republican group’s president, Joseph J. Mroszczyk, said last night that he first heard of the idea for a Caucasian-only scholarship from Jason...
...more effective recruiting techniques is to have future applicants meet Harvard students from similar backgrounds. Fitzsimmons spoke at an event moderated by members of Concilio Latino—an umbrella group for students of Latino descent. Nationally, the Hispanic population is growing more quickly than the Caucasian population, and Fitzsimmons said future classes at Harvard should reflect these changing demographics. “If Harvard is going to continue to claim that it’s educating future leaders, it needs to actively recruit Latinos, or Harvard itself is going to become marginalized,” Fitzsimmons said. Latinos comprise...
...Five students were involved in the incident in Roncalli Hall around 9:30 PM last Thursday, according to The Heights. BC sophomore April T. Browne, who identified herself as a friend of the alleged victims, said that all five students were minorities and that they claimed that a female Caucasian student verbally attacked them using racial slurs, including the word “nigger.” “One of them actually kicked one of my friends in the face,” Browne said. Between 100 and 200 students participated in the rally, held...