Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...others say the council needs changes thatare more than skin deep. They say members need tounderstand that student leaders on housecommittees, ethnic groups and campus-wide studentorganizations know just as much about what is goodfor undergraduates as representatives elected by asmall minority of students...
...Americans at Harvard-Radcliffe. Through its Academic Affairs Committee, chaired by Nancy Lin '99, the students of the Foundation have been actively working toward bringing more tenured women and minority scholars to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and obtaining a concentration and more courses in comparative race and ethnic studies. In addition, the Foundation co-sponsored last semester's heated affirmative action debate with distinguished panelists from the Harvard faculty...
...Foundation is, as its name implies, a foundation for promoting intercultural and race relations. We actively support discussion of alternative ways through which racial understanding at Harvard might be promoted--including the possible creation of a multicultural student center and the implementation of an ethnic studies concentration. Yet such discussion, and the political or activist measures that might be needed to convey the depth of student concern, should be viewed as building on, not replacing, the Foundation's vital role in bringing student groups together. Active participation in cultural and educational activities must accompany political activism...
...Person," "Best Friend" or "Favorite Clique." We have "Best Community Service Group" (and my personal opinion is that City Step is much better than Mission Hill--I mean, it's so much cooler, and they have a dance), but we don't have "Best Religion" or--especially important--"Best Ethnic Group." Sure, we can vote on whether Football is better than Basketball, but we are denied the opportunity to decide if the "Hello, young lady" man in the square is better than the "Spare any change...ma'am, sir" lady. In short, Parade of Stars is a nice idea...
Humility was a common refrain in Wang's answers as he deflected praise and admiration from the audience of about 150 students, faculty and well-wishers--many of whom were ethnic Chinese and even included a handful of fellow democracy demonstrators...