Word: ocasio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...large, given past obstacles, leaders at Harvard say. La O, Harvard's Puerto Rican students' association, and Raza, the University's Mexican-American organization, announced they have been negotiating with Harvard for more than a year to provide courses on Hispanic studies. According to La O leader Wendell C. Ocasio '90, La O even presented Harvard officials with the name of a professor at Puerto Rico University who could teach such a course...
...Ocasio said the University did not approve of La O's choice and has not acted on this information. He labeled administrators' inactivity as "neglect," and said, "We cannot accept this kind of statement that says `In order to hire minority faculty we [are lowering] the standards.' We can't accept this...
...There is a social and cultural part to our organization," said Wendell Ocasio. The second part of our organization is the support part. As leaders and members of these organizations it is our mandate and our responsibility...
...heartened by this promising attitude, but we will wait for the committee's report in order to study it before responding to it. If we find their recommendations to be satisfactory, then we will press for prompt action by the faculty. We are optimistic, but also cautious. Wendell C. Ocasio Minority Student Alliance
Again, we applaud the efforts of the administration so far, but we also point out that the work has just begun. Wendell C. Ocasio '90 Minority Students Alliance