Word: creation
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...students who participated in the panel, with the exception of Undergraduate Council Treasurer John Appelbaum '97, a member of the Peninsula, were in favor of the center's creation...
Hoyte's comments brought favorable reactions from David J. Andorsky '97, former chair of Hillel, who is clearly in favor of the creation of the center...
...discuss the possibilities of a multicultural student center. We support the move to explore questions of ethnic issues on campus in an open discussion forum and hope that the administration and faculty will listen to the student voice on this issue. We encourage the panel to consider the creation of a multicultural student center built on the model of Radcliffe's Lyman Common Room...
...multicultural student center would enhance interaction between Harvard's ethnic organizations while facilitating the dissemination of cultural awareness to the Harvard community at large. As a letter signed by more than fifteen leaders of cultural organizations and over 400 Harvard affiliates in late Oct. 1995, summed up: the creation of a multicultural student center would serve to "reaffirm Harvard's commitment to a diverse and inclusive community...
...cultural organizations runs the danger of self-segregation and its inevitable counterpart--marginalization. One of the hall-marks of the post-World War II Harvard community has been the commitment to a shared collective culture comprised of myriad ethnicities and cultural backgrounds that the diverse student body represents. The creation of a multicultural student center could potentially undermine that shared experience by separating certain ethnicities and exacerbating divisions. We expect the panel to address these dangers. We need to ensure that a multicultural student center would be able to welcome any Harvard student who wishes to explore the varied cultural...