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While some officials assume that random House assignments should be used to ensure that each House a "microcosm" of the College community, other believe that students should be able to exercise some degree of choice--even at the expense of diversity...
...Whitla's study with concern and suggestions for reform of the system In a letter accompanying the report, Dean of the College, John B. Fox Jr '59 wrote that "with respect to race and athletic participation, some Houses that all short of the ideal" House that would be a microcosm of the College...
Concerned that the Houses have fallen short of the ideal of representing a "microcosm" of the College as a whole. Harvard officials have been mulling over the diversity issue for several years now. They'd like to increase equality of representation across the Houses, but acknowledge that achieving such a goal will force a decrease in the weight given to student choice. Fearful of widespread discontent, University Hall deans have been reluctant to move ahead without some sense of what students want...
...same time. The actors attack this problem with great skill, capturing the madness and hysteria of France's Reign of Terror as well as of the grimmer episodes of the 20th century. Directed by Maja Hellmold, this Marat/Sade suceeds in drawing us into an asylum that is a microcosm of our own crazy world...
...heart of the dilemma lies one's conception of the role of ethnic and racial minorities play in the Harvard microcosm of American society. If one's view is that minorities should simply blend into the mainstream student population, suppressing their cultural differences in order to assimilate completely, Harvard is right on track. A student's race, ethnicity or disadvantaged background could be considered in the admissions process knowing fully that, in choosing to matriculate at Harvard, the student would become part and parcel of a substantively homogenous student body...