Word: kirklander
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have been keeping up with the recent articles and "letters to the editor" concerning the dispute over the possible reduction of the number of athlete residents in Kirkland House. In light of Dean Jewett's recent letter concerning University policy on racial discrimination, I would like to offer one other side of the Kirkland issue that simultaneously involves a wider discussion of unacceptable elements of discrimination within the University, which are often neglected because of their subtle concealment...
...Kirkland resident who is also an honors major and a veteran of varsity athletics at Harvard, I take offense at "dumb jock" slurs and despise that single-faceted stereotype of the house. (That some Kirkland residents project this image is not my concern here...
...woman, however, recent action by the Kirkland House Masters, Donald and Cathy Pfister, and Athletic Director, Jack Reardon, to discourage freshperson athletes from choosing Kirkland was a welcome and refreshing effort on their part to diversify the social atmosphere for Kirkland residents so that it might compare with the ideal diversity desired for the Harvard academic community as a whole...
Although my comments may seem contradictory, upon closer examination, both my statements and Kirkland's stereotype quandary can be clarified. In the same way that there is an annoying University-wide tendency to identify, unfairly, yet continually, Kirkland's residents as athletes before students, there is an exasperating Kirkland-wide (and University-wide) inclination to overlook, unjustly, though consistently, burning issues of intolerable discrimination that underlie Kirkland's single-faceted reputation...
...houses are adjuncts of the College's educational commitment. Shouldn't breaking down stereotypes be an important element of this education? Let's quit pointing fingers and get on with our learning. The Resident Tutors of Kirkland House...