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...University's response to the politicizationof the Overseers election has been largely anegative one. In last year's election, thanPresident of the Overseers Joan T. Bok '51 sent aletter to all alumni warning that "specific issue"candidates, it elected, would irrevocably changethe nature of the overseers. It was later revealedthat President Bok, who is an ex officiomember of the Board, had asked Joan Bok (norelation) to write the letter...
THERE ARE SOME bright spots, however. The Brattle Theatre reopened last week after a two month absence, and the new management plans to offer an eclectic repetoir of classic, foreign and independent films, as well as live performance. The opening night celebration the 1952 Joan Crawford thriller Sudden Fear was followed by films and performances by such local musical acts as Treat Her Right and Roger Miller. Future programming includes such themes as film noir, women directors and the Japanese New Wave...
Last year's election generated controversy when then President of the Board of Overseers Joan T. Bok '51 sent a letter to Harvard's 200,000 alumni warning them that the board would be greatly changed if "specific issue" candidates were elected. It was later revealed that President Derek C. Bok, no relation, had asked the Overseers' head to sign the letter...
...crime rate. But prison does at least keep criminals off the street. Home confinement cannot guarantee that security. Some data, tentative and incomplete, do suggest, however, that felons placed on intensive probation are less likely to commit crimes again than those placed on traditional probation or sent to prison. Joan Petersilia, a Rand Corp. researcher, says the recidivism rate of such offenders is impressively low, "usually less than 20%." And many keep their jobs, she adds. "That's the real glimmer of hope -- that in the long run these people will become functioning members of the community...
...LETTERS: Joan D. Walsh (Chief); Amy Musher (Deputy...