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...first learned of the Nieman Foundation when a boyhood friend of his was granted a fellowship, and ever since, Kunene has longed "to follow my friend to Harvard." But for Kunene, the fourth black journalist allowed by the South African government to participate in the program, it has been a long wait, and his dream must have often seemed remote and unattainable...
...South Africa permitted two blacks to become Nieman Fellows by granting them one-way exit permits--they were not allowed to return to their country. After one of them committed suicide in New York because he was unable to return home, the fellowship sponsor, the South Africa Leader Exchange Program Inc., abandoned the program because they felt it was too difficult a choice to force on black journalists...
Bellah charged that then dean McGeorge Bundy and other Harvard administrators threatened to cut off his graduate student fellowship unless he confessed all political activity and cooperated with the FBI. Bundy responded in a subsequent issue of the New York Review, saying that he did not in fact ask Bellah to cooperate with...
Vanners themselves, or at least the zealots, seem as much a cult as a fellowship. They have formed hundreds of societies. Many drive hundreds or even thousands of miles to converge with other vanners at picnicky socials that are held all over the country. Such a bash is known as a "truckin" or a "burnout" or a "push" or-ah!-a "van-go." Invariably, a key feature of the outing is the mutual admiration of vans and the adorning artwork. Some paint jobs cost $3,000. News of ever fresh extravagances circulates in 25 or so magazines devoted to vanning...
...fellowship awarded Jonas is one of a number of Warren Center programs publicized in the Center's annual report...