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First, STUDIES is not merely a continuation of past MSA efforts. Nor is it merely a continuation of past Academic Affairs Committee efforts. Last fall, the MSA voted to be mainly a cultural organization rather than a politically active one. After the quiet death of the proposal to upgrade the Visiting Scholars Program to standing committee status, more students became active, joining their energy to ongoing Academic Affairs Committee efforts and drawing in the Minority Students Alliance which then took up the ethnic studies cause. These students are STUDIES. Though STUDIES meets at the Foundation, ownership of the movement lies...
Second, the meeting with Dean of FAS Jeremy Knowles was not organized by the MSA. Dean Knowles himself requested to meet with students through the Harvard Foundation. This meeting, which took place on March 24, 1994, was not one for negotiation but rather for direct communication. In attendance were student activists, Dean Buell, Dr. S. Allen Counter, members of the Academic Affairs Committee, the co-chairs of the Minority Students Alliance and other student leaders...
Third, the postering about the lack of minority faculty and the lack of courses was not spearheaded by the MSA. Interested students took the initiative to poster. Also, in past articles I have been incorrectly identified as a member of the MSA; I am not a representative to the MSA. This is in no way slighting the MSA, but rather to point out that The Crimson sometimes makes mistakes that could be avoided. Another example I can't help but mention is the Harvard Foundation's Cultural Rhythms festival, which involved over 27 different student groups, faculty, staff and members...
STUDIES is a new cooperative effort of the Minority Students Alliance (MSA) and the academic affairs committte of the Harvard Foundation. It continues past MSA efforts to push for a more diverse curriculum, said MSA Co-Chair Jean...
This semester, MSA members have met with Harvard officials, including Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles...