Word: idea
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...Marshall McLuhan's theory that "the medium is the message." McLuhan, the communications gadfly who wrote The Gutenberg Galaxy and Understanding Media, is the proponent of some slap-happy notions (The "jazz babies" of the 1920s caused the Depression by not caring about work). But his most fascinating idea is that television is a "cool, low-intensity" medium that projects a fuzzy image, compared with "hot" print and film. This means that the TV image demands the viewer's involvement by requiring him to complete the picture himself through his own imagination. Hence, there is no need...
...Magraw's is not the only scheme to increase student power or influence. Bruce Chalmers, Master of Winthrop House, who agrees with Magraw that "students should have a more direct and public access to some stage of the decision-making process," has said, "It may be a good idea for policy making bodies to listen formally to student opinion." In this connection, Dean Ford's dinner with the HUC to which the Masters are invited has interesting potential. It will be by far the closest thing to a meeting between the HUC and the Committee on Houses that has ever...
Many contemporary black students are taking a different route, this time of their own volition. The role that these students are assuming is tied very closely to the idea of black identity and awareness. It has been the ideas and activity of Afro-American groups which have most meaningfully penetrated the isolation of the black student on the white campus. Afro-American organizations have given a sense of unity and expression to black students who have found their token presence in other campus organizations unmeaningful and unrewarding...
...last Friday's meeting, stated: "Now is the time that black students must move from easy chair intellectualizing." Jeff Howard and the majority of the Harvard AAAAS membership agree with him. In Howard's words: "We have a great deal of research on both the curriculum idea and the Roxbury project. We are moving from the intellectual chair to make ourselves felt as a constructive force in the Harvard community but are ever cognizant of our obligation to confront the broader issues facing the black community...
Spectators may not be immediately impressed, because the results show up not in spectacular plays but in the final score. The defense is as conservative as the most vocal critics accused the offense of being two years ago. The idea of a "monster back" or "rover," which has caught on with many other League teams, is too much in the nature of a gamble for the Crimson. But while it is hard for the average fan to appreciate, Ivy coaches paid their respects to Harvard's defense by selecting Cantabs to four of the eleven All-Ivy defense spots last...