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...political science, anthropology, literature and other fields. They have focused on one part of their discipline, such as "women in literature" just as a biologist may specialize in genetics. They gain further insight through interdisciplinary approaches. Unless Mr. Wise wishes to assert that the above mentioned academic fields are invalid or that interdisciplinary approaches, such as the Social Studies concentration here at Harvard, are academically invalid he has no basis to assert that women's studies are academically invalid...
...issue of "sensitivity," it is an issue of recognizing a valid academic discipline. Since Wise not only does not, but I believe can not show that women's studies is not academically valid, his argument that this is just a political move is unwarranted. If the discipline were invalid there is no reason to be ashamed of the support it has received from political trends. That would be like calling the admission of women into institutions of higher education merely a political move that was academically invalid, just because the admissions were achieved with the help of "socio-political fortune...
...confident that the videotaping process doesn't distort classroom situations that would make the ensuing observations invalid," Boehrer says. "After a few minutes, TFs [teaching fellows] lose track of the fact of being taped...
That perennial invalid, Broadway, is faring better this season but hardly thriving. The theater year started more than nine months ago, with the cutoff for last spring's Tony Awards. It has produced only two new American plays that are still running. Add two London imports and three revivals--one of which, Blood Knot, closes this week--and there you have it: the total of non- musical survivors on the Great Gray Way. Why, then, does New York City seem abuzz with theatrical vitality? In large part because Off Broadway is providing a satisfying mix of star turns, ensemble work...
...reiterate his claim to victory, by a new margin of 1.5 million votes. He reminded journalists that the formal naming of a winner was the responsibility of the National Assembly, which he controls, and even raised the vague possibility that he might declare the whole election invalid...