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...such reservations should attend Morrison's Nobel. The Swedish Academy sometimes works in mysterious ways, but it cannot be lobbied. It made an honorable, correct choice in Morrison, but probably for at least one wrong reason. In the statement explaining Morrison's selection, the academy wrote, in part, "She delves into the language itself, a language she wants to liberate from the fetters of race." This is wrong, as have been the many critics over the years who have praised Morrison for "transcending" the ( blackness of her characters and bestowing on them an abstract universality that everyone can understand...
...overwhelmingly positive tone of the announcement, we are bemused by a comment by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, who said that "this has been part of a long-term project on the part of the department...It's not something that's just come up overnight." Correct, this issue has been around for 21 years; the athletics staff only made a large enough stink about it last semester, though...
President Clinton should welcome this ruling as a blessing. It lends judicial authority to his desire to end the ban, and pronounces him constitutionally correct in his early opposition to the military's discrimination...
David Lat's editorial ("Conservatives Need To Be Heard," October 4) seems to be a perfect example of a distressing trend in our society. Right now, here at Harvard and on other campuses across the country, one of the most damaging attributes of the so-called "Politically Correct" movement is that everyone seems to claim that they are victims of all sorts...
Multiculturalism should be introduced to the University curriculum but must not be watered down so as to be "politically correct," writer Dinesh D'Souza and Professor of Law Randall Kennedy said in speeches at Boylston Hall last night...