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...ongoing issue of whether Black Greek organizations have the right to exist and in what context they have the right to do so is moot. That they do exist is a reality. Perhaps, rather than trying to dismiss them from the sociopolitical atmosphere of Harvard University's campus, administrators, faculty and students should attempt to understand why they do exist...
...Black Greeks feel that our organizations were all born for a common purpose: to further the cause and contribute to the struggle for Black equality; to spread brotherly and sisterly love; and to uplift our brothers and sisters not as fortunate as ourselves. We have succeeded in all of these respects for many years. If it were not for Black Greek organizations, much that has needed to be done in our Black communities would have gone undone. However, the fact that we do not glorify and laud our own accomplishments has hurt us. The fact that we do not speak...
...Black students at Harvard. One event, the publication by York Eggleston and the Freshman Black Table of their second annual magazine Outlook, pleased me immensely. The other event, a delegation of Black undergraduates to Dean of the College Archie C. Epps' office requesting the legalization at Harvard of Greek-letter fraternities, saddened...
Celebrating the Human Form: Early Greek Sculptures--MFA at 8:00 Thursday...
Several spouses have got into Betty Wright-like trouble. In 1976 Marion Javits, wife of the late Senator Jacob Javits, had to forgo a lucrative contract with Iran Air. In 1984 Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield's wife Antoinette ran into trouble when Greek businessman Basil Tsakos paid her $55,000 for decorating his apartment, which seemed like a lot for choosing fabric swatches and paint chips, while her husband was simultaneously urging federal support for Tsakos' $12 billion oil pipeline...