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...outsider, Harvard's campus may appear the model of a diverse community. Taped to every kiosk, it seems, are posters advertising ethnic groups' activities or race-related forums. A snapshot of the Yard on a weekday afternoon, afternoon, Sanders Theatre during a Social Analysis 10 lecture, or Tommy's Lunch on a Friday night would be a sociologist's dream: Black, white, Puerto Rican, Chinese-American, Korean-American and Mexican-American students working and playing together in an intellectual environment...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll and Joanna M. Weiss, S | Title: Diversity at Harvard: A Struggle Beneath the Surface | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

Students with large families or easily insulted friends were dismayed to find that Commencement tickets are going for up to $100. Frequent readers of kiosk posters will not find such sky-high prices surprising. Prices for scalped tickets are high every year. But apparently, the phenomenon impressed somebody: news of Commencement ticket prices were reported by the Associated Press and later in The New York Times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Newsmakers | 5/24/1991 | See Source »

Posters on the ground between Widener and Lamont. Posters on Science Center bulletin boards. Posters on the trees lining the walk between the Quad and the Yard. Posters hanging from Holworthy. Posters on every kiosk recognized by the University...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: It's Muzak to My Ears | 11/28/1990 | See Source »

...days later, I was passing a kiosk and saw another sign for yet a different experiment. Again, the satisfying dollar figure stretched across the top in big, bold capital letters...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: Selling Our Bodies | 7/10/1990 | See Source »

They are retirees, some of them, queueing politely at the information kiosk by the escalator to the T, the husbands and wives in identical plaid pants and name tags that say "Elderhostel." The highlight of their visit will be a tour of Cambridge in the Old Town Trolley, which is actually...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: A People-Watcher's Field Guide | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

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