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...that black neighborhoods lack the necessary equipment and facilities--bats, gloves, green fields--to train children to play. In sociology, this is called deficit theory, the idea that one group does not do what another group does because it lacks the resources. Deficit theory is often used to explain the behavior of black Americans. But it is almost always wrong. If lack of green spaces and the cost of equipment explain why black Americans don't play baseball today, then how does one account for the fact that they played it and even organized their own leagues in the early...
...contacted me after one of my teaching fellows, whom I had never met, emailed the freshman dean’s office about his phantom student. I was embarrassed at failing but relieved that my pain was no longer a secret, so I went to her office and tried to explain my situation. I left with the relief tempered by a new kind of desperation, as I thought that I would likely fail one or two classes and that the ad board would require me to withdraw for a year. I couldn’t imagine a more embarrassing and frightening...
...chair of the Foundation’s Student Advisory Committee, Layusa Isa-Odidi ’09, said that the Globe’s coverage of the issue prompted extending the invitation to Scalise. “We wanted to speak to a person with senior power who could explain to us the hiring process,” Isa-Odidi said. “We’d like to see in the future a move towards an athletic department that is reflective of the diversity that exists at Harvard, not just for African Americans, but for minorities in general...
...means to use mental health resources, and make it easier for students to make their first contact. Peer counseling groups should be allowed to present to proctor groups (permitted until the Class of 2007 were freshmen) to describe peer counseling and to give peer counseling groups a chance to explain why people call. Educating tutors about which resources are available and what they’re good for would create a massive team of ambassadors...
...food, causing kidney failure and death in several animals. But Goldstein says excessive vitamin D is unlikely, since blood tests would show high calcium levels, which haven't been found. Says an FDA spokesman: "Our analysis of the premix indicates that vitamin levels were appropriate." Other theories floated to explain the bizarre deaths are aminopterin, or rat poison, which would cause the kind of kidney damage seen. An Albany lab found the substance in two pet food samples of canned foods, but the FDA has ruled these out because no other lab has been able to confirm the results...