Word: eventers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Irene Shih, director of the event which included several other ethnic groups and over one thousand students, called Hillel's omission "regrettable" and attributed it to a "lack of communication...
Shih mentioned that the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) to the Harvard Foundation, which coordinated the event, does not have a Hillel representative or liason. In the rush to organize Visions '89, she said, the SAC never called leaders of Hillel to inform them about the event...
...event, the impact of the plan, as proposed, would have a moderate effect without greatly disturbing the status quo. A survey conducted last year revealed that upperclassmen find that living in a house they selected as freshmen has little bearing on their ultimate satisfaction with the house. It seems a small price to pay considering an ideal alternative, that of all 12 houses gaining a continual, mild influx of the community diversity Harvard so proudly invokes...
...describing the backround for the event, the staff only partially heeds its own calls for fairness. The staff describes the 1980 s as a decade of "insensitivity and hostility to minority concerns" and condemns the Reagan Justice Department for seeking to roll back affirmative action. We agree with this assessment and remain critical of the Justice Department's failure to continue actively prosecuting civil rights cases...
Divorce, everyone agrees, is a traumatic event for children. But many parents are consoled by the notion that most youngsters can recover from the painful split-up of their families. Within two or three years, they will resume their normal development and ultimately they will benefit. After all, if the divorce is good for Mother or Father, it will be good for the children...