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Cheryl R. Devall '80-'81, a former Crimsonexecutive, says that minority reporters frequentlyturned from The Crimson to other extracurricularactivities after finishing their comp.
"I think what's probably lost is not one pointof view that any one person of color is going tobring, but the kind of [everyday] discussion thathelps people think twice before making assumptions[about race]," says Devall, who is black.
Devall says these discussions, bred of longhours working together at the paper, would createa sensitivity to racial issues more valuable thansimple racial diversity.
During Devall's time at Harvard, The Crimsonfaced a lawsuit and the national spotlight becauseof a photo illustration accompanying an editorialpiece about race and criminal justice.
"There was still an unspoken expectation thatthe more time you put in [at The Crimson], thebetter your chances were," Devall says.