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...threat of outside interference in the University, however, extended beyond what one observer called an "awfully stupid" state legislature. In Washington, the Senate Internal Security Committee, headed by Sen. James O. Eastland (D-Miss.), charged that 10 per cent of a group of intellectuals listed as "the most typical sponsors of Communist Front Organizations" had some connection with Harvard. In the House Un-American Activities Committee, the view of Harvard was much the same as in the Senate. Harold H. Velde, the former chairman of the committee, told a group of students that Harvard, as a large center for learning...
...strongest women candidates." Four of those departments--Anthropology, English, History, and Psychology and Social Relations--this year granted tenure to women scholars, which will bring the total number of tenured women Faculty members to 16 next fall. As of 1979-80, the Faculty included 21 minority members (6 per cent) and 12 women (3.4 per cent) among its 356 tenured professors...
...also addressed the class, stressing the complexity of the coming decade and the need for interdependence among different groups in finding solutions. She cautioned the audience against adopting "an Apocalypse Now attitude" and cited as a sign of current pessimism, the results of a survey in which 60 per cent of the respondents said they believe next year will be worse than this year--the first time that question has drawn a majority of "yes" answers...
According to the survey, 78 per cent of the 184 responding tenants said their apartments are "overheated at times" and 43 per cent said they experienced "wild fluctuations in temperature...
...survey found that only 14 per cent of tenants responding to the survey lived in apartments with storm windows: 85 per cent of the tenants reported that their windows are not weathertight: 67 per cent said they had to open windows during the heating season as a "last resort" to control excessive heat: and 28 per cent said they could not turn off their radiators when the heat grew excessive