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Modern sociological investigations are at the forefront of our efforts to understand what is going on, and to suggest policy options in our attempts to do something about it. It is therefore nothing less than tragic that some of the nation's brightest students are being misled, at its foremost institution of learning, into thinking that they are engaged in studies with a view to understanding their social world, when all they are learning is an outmoded "Channel 2" sociology that has brought that version of the discipline to ruin and disgrace in its British homeland...
...English demonstrates that there is more at stake now than the careers of a handful of young faculty members. At a time when the number of Ph.D.'s is declining and the number of faculty retirements is on the rise, the ability of the University to remain in the forefront of academia is threatened...
...Harvard, defenders of civil rights seem to be especially active. This year alone, the student-run Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) has brought questions of constitutionality to the forefront of debate on almost every aspect of campus life, from disciplinary policies to rules governing residential life...
Hurt by the losses of captain John Mee and Nicholas Arena, the men seemed to be in dire straits in the distance events. But just as Rainey had stepped to the forefront for the women, Timothy Harte turned in some heroics of his own against a strong field of milers. Harte edged a Brown runner at the tape to win with a time of 4:14.25, only three tenths of a second ahead of the second-place finisher...
Tension between the city's progressive and conservative blocs came to the forefront last night, as Councillor William H. Walsh angrily delayed action on 11 measures before the City Council...