Word: deale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While the theoretical foundations of community action appear to have been vastly different for its various backers, the prevalent theory holds that the poor--and particularly the black urban poor--are bound in their poverty by their political powerlessness, by their inability to deal effectively on their own behalf, or to influence the decisions which most directly concern them. Community action was seen in Washington during the early years of the War on Poverty as a means of correcting this political problem by creating organizations for the poor--organizations which would represent them and their interests in the struggles...
...post has been resurrected to deal with the added pressure on admissions officers from the increase of 900 applications over last year's total of 7600, Peterson said. Holding the post of associate dean of Admissions and Financial Aids will be John P. Reardon '60, presently associate director of Admissions...
Peter D. Pesic '69 and Henry L. Shipman '69, leaders of the committee, sponsored a "town meeting" for concentrators on Feb. 6, and another on Feb. 20 to discuss problems in the physics program. The students have separated into three working committees to deal with specific suggestions for change...
ALONG the new horizon is a national publication--Word--that will begin publishing in three or four weeks. Word will deal with books and records in the BAD style, and will be distributed to college students throughout the country, shipping out of the Boston office. The first issue, with a quarter million circulation, will be distributed free, Lewis said, but a paid circulation is planned for the future...
Part of BAD's campaign to get bet- ter deals for students is its priority ticket service, insuring that students get the best seats available at the price they pay. Generally this is pretty straightforward -- BAD buys up a block of seats and distributes them to students as the orders come in--but when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead came from New York to the Schubert, BAD, negotiated a special deal with David Merrick's office. Along with running sales through the priority ticket service, Merrick had agreed to a discount price for students--the first time any legitimate theatre...