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Holton says the journal is always at the forefront of intellectual thought and discourse. In the 1960s, the academy published two successive issues on the state of blacks in the U.S. titled "The Negro American," which "no foundation dared to support," Holton says. However, these Daedalus issues managed to carry an introduction by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson...
...explicitly political organizations, both to assist in current programming, and also to question and improve those organizations. For example: Take Back the Night, a rally devoted to promoting awareness of violence against women, is still being organized; the debate over the ethnic studies concentration is again coming to the forefront of discussion, and battles are still being fought over the degree of control we have over our own education, through Core Curriculum reform. In addition, the current situation in Central Square offers Harvard students the opportunity to step beyond the bounds of the Yard and to gain some sense...
California is once again at the forefront of American political battles, and the confrontation that is emerging doesn't bode well for the state of education in this Union. On June 2, Proposition 227 will be voted on by Californians. The so-called "English for the Children" initiative would largely scrap bilingual education in public schools and replace it with a one-year long English immersion program. The initiative is an attempt to deal with a monolithic educational system that is not sufficiently servicing the limited English proficient (LEP) students it claims to help. (The program at present...
...light of the recent alleged rape at Harvard, issues of rape and sexual assault have come to the forefront of campus discussion. While we welcome the support of the student groups that sponsored the "Open Letter" (advertisement, Feb. 19), the letter only highlights the lack of communication between the administration and students regarding resources for rape and sexual assault. Furthermore, a student following The Crimson's coverage of these issues over the past few weeks might wonder what resources the University does in fact have for survivors of rape and sexual assault. As peer educators, we see the need...
...Create a tenured position for "Macho Man" Randy Savage so Harvard can establish itself at the forefront in the burgeoning field of professional wrestling studies. Tenuring the Macho man could help entice wrestlers such as "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake...