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...walk from Hurlbut to the KSG tells only a small part of the story. Back then the Inn at Harvard was a Gulf gas station; the Holyoke Center was Dudley House for commuters; Hillel was squash courts. JFK Street was Boylston Street, with a Mobil station and Vespa dealer. A vast trolley yard stood where the KSG now stands, and Quincy was under construction. Radcliffe and Harvard shared only classes, and few extracurricular groups were co-ed. Two years after Brown v. Board of Education, we were almost entirely white, disproportionately preppies, and insensitive to both the discomfort...
...Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations kicked off its 25th anniversary celebration, hosting an array of student groups on the Science Center lawn yesterday. Many cultural and ethnic groups, ranging from the Asian American Women’s Association to Harvard Hillel, tabled at the Tent Extravaganza, handing out food and fliers. The event, held underneath a white tent, attracted a modest crowd, with people coming and going throughout the afternoon. Foundation Director S. Allen Counter also made several appearances, welcoming students. Mariachi Veritas de Harvard closed the three-hour celebration. The Foundation hopes to provide more financial support...
...serve Halal meat and are free to students on the Harvard meal plan. In order for meat to be considered Halal, it must be prepared according to specific religious guidelines. The HIS also hosts interfaith iftars such as the Yom Kippur break-fast that will take place with Harvard Hillel...
Street work has already begun in front of the Hillel Building on Mount Auburn Street...
...interest.There are, of course, less diverse extracurricular organizations—the female debater, for example, is a rare specimen. And cultural or background-based groups specialize in bringing people together on the basis of race (the Black Students’ Association), wealth (the Hasty Pudding social club), and religion (Hillel) etc. But as a whole, extracurriculars, more than any other kind of organization, classify people by what they do, not where they come from. The notion that college-enforced communities, or “house pride” et al., can create more natural and diverse social groups is both...