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...where more people are taking initiative and feeling responsible to and committed to the community and enthusiastic about the community,” she said. The Vice President of Community Building is in charge of planning events and programs, the Vice President of Community Relations connects with other faith, ethnic, and cultural groups, the Vice President of Education organizes classes, seminars, speakers, and other opportunities for education in the community, and the Vice President of Shabbat and Holidays organizes holiday programming. These five positions are all elected. “My dream is to make students more involved with Hillel...
...Hanukkah,” Lala said. Wednesday’s celebration featured the holidays of seven different religions—Christianity, Judaism, the Bahai faith, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism—and the African American festival, Kwanzaa. Students manned booths decked with cultural displays and delicacies, ranging from ethnic specialties to Krispy Kreme donuts. Students came out despite the cold and spoke enthusiastically about the event. “I think this was a great idea,” said Lazeena Rahman ’06, who heard about the festival from Lala. “People are actually learning...
...alumni first petitioned the school to admit women, but co-education wasn’t a priority for then-University President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853. He opted for a plan that increased ethnic diversity among men instead...
Klein Professor of Law Randall L. Kennedy provoked a dynamic discussion about collective racial and ethnic identity—centering on the term “sellout”—with a group of about 15 students in the Dunster House Junior Common Room last night. Kennedy defined “sellout” as a term used to describe and stigmatize African Americans who are said knowingly or negligently to act against the interest of their communities. Philip G. Parham ’09, a member of the Black Men’s Forum, said that every...
...like the politics of this so I will look elsewhere?’ Or are you the kind of person who wants and has the resources to get involved and change the organization?” Self-segregation of students into single groups—particularly ethnic groups—were also topics at the meeting. But, toward the end of the discussion, students offered possible ways to reconcile different identities. While many agreed that it was not possible to have a group in which every student felt completely comfortable, it may be possible to form areas of overlap between...