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...story really begins in 1963, when Harvard Medical School began buying up property in the area with the idea of expanding. By the winter of 1968, the Med School had acquired enough houses to send eviction notices to 182 families. But at this point, Harvard met resistance from some angry students, faculty and tenants who were determined to make Harvard live up to its responsibilities to the community. The issue became one of the major demands of the 1969 Strike, and students came into the neighborhood to knock on doors and join forces with the tenants. RTH began, committees were...
...Jonathan Beckwith '57, professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and a former member of the Fein Committee, said lastweek Harvard used the Committee as "a way to diffuse the efforts of the tenants." The Med School was "acting as a middleman," he added, and clearly had no real power. "When the pressure got too strong, the tenants started direct negotiations with the Harvard Corporation...
...House might have a better pre-med advisor than another, but so could one college when compared to another," Miller said...
This year twelve Radcliffe and 34 Harvard students were admitted to the Med School, compared with 7 from Radcliffe and 34 from Harvard last year...
Tanya Friedman of the Med School admissions office said yesterday that it was not unusual for one House to have more successful applicants than another...