Word: chicano
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fortunately, the Law School faculty displayed better sense and more intergrity than that. The Law School responded, maybe begrudgingly, to the student body, eighty percent of which called for stepped-up minority hiring. A total of six new Black and Chicano visiting professors were hired for the current school year. A talented Black woman was appointed director of the Law School's financial aid office. Five women, including the first Black woman Law professor at Harvard ever, also got visiting appointments beginning in this academic year. And perhaps most important, a full-time tenure track offer has been extended...
...students with whom I spoke were concentrated in low-in-come, predominantly non-white, and often rural schools. Those who plan to continue their education generally consider attending one of the five state colleges which offer affordable tuitions, familiar environments, and Chicano studies departments as well as Chicano faculty...
...students, most of whom were Chicano or Native American, seemed impressed with the film. They were glad to know that everyone at Harvard was not a "nerd" and that we did not study constantly. I think I even overcame some fears about leaving home and paying for college...
ALTHOUGH THE STORY is inherently dramatic, it was hardly the kind of material Hollywood producers would have picked up. Film distributors have tended to feel justified in rejecting scripts because "there's no Hispanic market." They cite the example of the last Hollywood film about Chicanos--Zoot Suit--which brought Hispanic audiences out in Los Angeles but did not do well in other parts of the country. The Ballad's final release is due to a dedicated effort on the part of several Chicano artists who had made it in mainstream film. The credits include an amazingly large number...
...rock music). Groups: Maimed; Sick and Vile; The Herpes. 10:00 Barkie (new comedy series). What happens when a divorced homeless couple adopts a Chicano orphan who can change himself into a flying puppy? Edward Asner and Linda Blair. Delightful, raging. 10:30 Luciano Pavarotti Sings Every Aria Ever Written (9 days...