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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best-seller, which was subtitled "How higher education has failed Democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students," Bloom charges that colleges are responsible for the moral failings of modern youth. Specifically, Bloom argues, students have not received sufficient exposure to classics of Western thought...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Bennett, Bloom Seek Curricular Reform | 10/22/1988 | See Source »

After all, Cliff is a true superstar, a king of reggae on the level of Bob Marley. Cliff is considered one of the original innovators of the modern-day reggae style. Reggae is so popular with college students that the fact the council was able to book someone of Cliff's stature came as a wonderful surprise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No More Cliffhangers | 10/20/1988 | See Source »

...tower room is the light which the Thacher Island Association was finally able to replace last April, after more than a half a century of darkness. Modern and newly painted, the light emphasized the corrosion of the railings and walkways...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Saving Beacons of History | 10/20/1988 | See Source »

...required Government course and a popular Core, Historical Study A-12, "International Conflicts in the Modern World," is cited as intimidating by many women--for its male-dominated sections and its subject matter of power, wars and nuclear weaponry. Many male students, however, praise the course as one of their best at Harvard...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: A Silent Minority | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

Merrill spent an hour reciting previously published works, including his modern epic "The Changing Light of Sandover," and selections from a soon-to-be-published volume...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poet Merrill Delivers Recitation at Boylston | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

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