Word: nat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...might expect Nat Nakasa to be bitter about South Africa. As an African, he has experienced a lifetime of restrictions under a system that discriminates between the races so strictly that Africans are not allowed to touch or handle the South African flag. "However distinguished an African may become," says Nakasa, "there is no hope of escaping his black skin. In fact, outstanding success in business or education often brings increased frustration...
...Nat Sci requirement was held at one year...
Only one essential question concerning requirements remains. Should a student be permitted to substitute, at a 1.5:1 or 2:1 ratio, departmental for Gen Ed courses? Supporters of the Constable proposal wish to extend the ratio system, which now applies only to Nat Sci, to all three areas. Several other Faculty members would restrict the system to areas outside a student's concentration. "Traditionalists" oppose the system across the board...
...second alternative is to require a pattern of distribution without specifying a list of extra-departmental courses suitable for distribution. This would be a senseless system. It would assume, for instance, that courses in econometrics and history are equally satisfactory means of broadening the educational horizons of Nat Sci concentrators. The Constable' Proposal's variation on this system--to permit free substitution of departmental for Gen Ed courses at a 2 to 1 or 1.5 to 1 ratio--would be little better. It is impossible to recreate the impact and advantages of a Gen Ed course simply by accumulating...
...African government to continue its bloody and oppressive practices. On the same day demonstrations will take place in New York, Baltimore, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Canada, England, Germany, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Join the protest campaign: the call to conscience has been heard, the time for action come. Nat Stillman, '68 Chairman, Boston Committee Against U.S. Support of South Africa