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...true that Radcliffe's request for table space to advertise its phone-a-thon and job opportunities might have been inappropriate for the activities fairs. Instead, the Institute should have tried to use the fairs as a way to promote academic or extracurricular opportunities available to undergraduates. For example, the Institute conducts a mentorship program each year that pairs students at the College with professionals in various career fields in the Cambridge and Boston areas. This year Radcliffe will host 56 fellows, who will serve as advisors and speakers in the Institute's weekly lecture series. Radcliffe has allowed undergraduates...
...article "Radcliffe Denied Table at Extracurricular Fair" (News, Sept. 15) does not sufficiently explain why the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was denied a table. The article presents only the curious and unhelpful explanations given by Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and Associate Dean David P. Illingworth...
Illingworth's argument that the Institute should not have a table because it has no responsibility for undergraduate education ignores the fact that no other organization at the fair has that responsibility either. Moreover, Lewis's assertion that the Radcliffe Institute does not organize extracurricular activities seems dubious. Among the resources at Radcliffe cited in the Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard are the Mentor Program, the Externship Program, the Radcliffe Dance Program, the Radcliffe Research Partnership Program and the Radcliffe Seminars, all of which invite the participation of undergraduates...
...then, has the Institute been denied a table at the extracurricular fair, when organizations which run similar programs (like the Office of Career Services and the Office for the Arts) have not? There was certainly no shortage of space for tables. The wonderful thing about the extracurricular fair is that it advertises a vast and varied array of opportunities for undergraduates. The inclusion of the Radcliffe Institute among these would not have seemed inappropriate to the deans unless they had had some ulterior motive for excluding...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 said the College officials advised phone-a-thon organizers that the fairs are for extracurricular activities and they should consider recruiting students through the Student Employment Office...