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Vincent says he did "nothing wrong," though he concedes that it may have been inappropriate for him to be present at the student interview with his brother. Schroeder, Murray, and Young all told The Crimson they were hired on their own merit. William Li declined to comment...
...quickly denies the allegation that the Lampoon chooses staffers on criteria other than merit. "We weren't elected because we like each other. We were elected because we produce good work," he claims...
Aggressive recuiting and what she perceived to be a more tolerant campus led her to choose Duke, Jones says. A National Merit Scholarship finalist, a commended student in the Outstanding Achievement for Negroes Award and president of her school's African American Culture Club, Jones was recruited heavily by an array of top schools and was a hot commodity in the competitive college market for the limited pool of highly sought-after Black students...
With offers of all-expense paid campus visits, assorted merit-based scholarships and campus environments perceived as more welcoming, colleges across the country are wooing students like Jones away from Ivy League institutions like Harvard, which refuse to enter the new bidding war of the college market. If Harvard wants to maintain its commitment to enrolling the most talented students, it may have to adjust to the new rules of the admissions game...
FOOTNOTE: *Despite objections by several U.S. Senators, Captain Will Rogers III of the U.S.S. Vincennes received the Legion of Merit. The decoration was described as an "end of tour" award, not connected to the shoot-down. Rogers has since retired...