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...decision filed September 3, U.S. District Court Judge Alvin B. Rubin said he denied Perkins's request for an injunction that would allow him to use the club's facilities because the NOAC practices a policy "of exclusiveness based on criteria other than race...
...Fred Jewett '57, dean of Harvard and Radcliffe admissions, seems to have the firmest idea of the issues the group should consider. He wants the group to discuss what criteria should go into the selection of the class, especially considerations for "disadvantaged portions, minority groups, and an optimum balancing of men and women...
...December 1973, the A.P.A. board of trustees voted to remove the label. "For a mental condition to be considered a psychiatric disorder," the board explained, "it should either regularly cause emotional distress or regularly be associated with generalized impairment of social functioning; homosexuality does not meet those criteria...
Perhaps the most common of Harvard theories is that it's the Best, period and everything else falls into place from there; no doubt you share that view. All sorts of American education councils are constantly trying to quantify this theory by rating various schools according to esoteric criteria, but for people here it's mostly a matter of whether you believe in your heart that Harvard is the best, or whether you don't. It certainly has bright students and top-notch faculty, but there are always nay-sayers...
...feminist who thinks equal access is the answer is overlooking a few things. First of all, any admissions policy, no matter how "equal," depends on the people who are doing the admitting, and if those people continue to apply male criteria of success--looking for football players, student council presidents, etc.--they will continue to choose men over women. And at the moment, Radcliffe's applicant pool is less than half the size of Harvard's. Another problem is that there is a large and powerful group of Harvard alumni who are adamantly opposed to lowering the number...