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...member of a minority community on campus whose numbers are less than 8 percent of the College, it's often difficult to have my voice heard," said J. Lewis Ford'97 to the crowd outside of University Hall. "Is it really fair to rob me of my experience as an African-American so that blacks can be sprinkled around this campus?" These concerns resurfaced in 1998, when 26 minority resident tutors criticized randomization in an open letter they sent to Harvard administrators. The tutors claimed that the decision to randomize had destroyed the "supporting and nurturing community" that existed before...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos and Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Many Protested Randomization, but Minority Groups Were Among the Most Vocal | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...Franklin L. Ford is appointed acting dean of FAS, and the search for a permanent dean begins. Henry Rosovsky is eventually named to the position...

Author: By Robin S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 4 Years of Harvard: 1971-1975 | 6/6/2000 | See Source »

...East as tank battles raged along the Suez Canal and the Golan Heights. Israeli jets bombed the Syrian capital of Damascus and struck Cairo as well. 10 - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigns, pleading no contest to income tax evasion. Three days later, Nixon nominated House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to replace Agnew. 10 - Nissan Motor Company of Japan donates $1 million for the construction of a new building near the Yenching Library and the expansion of Japanese studies. 17 - The Nobel committee announces that the 1973 peace prize will be awarded to Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, a member...

Author: By Robin S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 4 Years of Harvard: 1971-1975 | 6/6/2000 | See Source »

...charges of conspiring to impede the Watergate investigation. 3 - Golda Meir resigns unexpectedly from her position as Israeli Prime Minister. 6 - The Committee on House and Undergraduate Life votes to equalize the enrollment of men and women through either sex-blind or equal admissions. 11 - Vice President Gerald Ford accepts a Man of the Year award from the Young Republicans at the Harvard Club of Boston as several hundred demonstrators rallied outside, chanting "jail to the chief" and "dump Nixon, junk Ford." 13 - An Economics Department review committee releases a report recommending that the department hire at least two instructors...

Author: By Robin S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 4 Years of Harvard: 1971-1975 | 6/6/2000 | See Source »

...Ford issues one of the bleakest State of the Union addresses in decades, recommending tax cuts, reduced budget spending and higher fuel costs to overcome recession and energy shortages. "The State of the Union is not good--I've got bad news, and I don't expect applause," he said...

Author: By Robin S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 4 Years of Harvard: 1971-1975 | 6/6/2000 | See Source »

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