Word: ombudsman
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Even so, Epps will continue to work part-timefor the College as a senior associate dean,serving as an "ombudsman, mediator, coordinator ofrace relations and dean for the senior class...
Jack E. White's column "The Other N Word" [DIVIDING LINE, Feb. 8] described an incident in which David Howard, a white man employed as an ombudsman by the Washington mayor, used the word niggardly in a budget discussion with a black staff member. Although intellectually defensible, Howard displayed a lack of sensitivity. How might a gay person react if, in planning a bonfire for some civic event, a straight person suggested "piling a few fagots on the fire" to get it going? Let's not confuse intelligence with wisdom. RANDY FISCHBACK Walnut Creek, Calif...
Epps' responsibilities have largely consisted of administering extracurricular activities, recognition of student groups and distribution of grant money. Come July, Epps says he will stay on as what he calls "an ombudsman," with a special emphasis on diversity, the senior class, and publishing the Harvard College Journal...
...even that wasn't as STUPID as the fuss in Washington," Buckwheat added. "David Howard, a white man just appointed as ombudsman for the new mayor, Anthony Williams, was talking to two staff members about the budget. He said that since funds were limited, he'd have to take a 'niggardly' approach...
...Business Week and TIME (former chief political correspondent Michael Kramer is Brill's No. 2 editor). Washington Post media critic (and author of Spin Cycle) Howard Kurtz will be a contributor, as will former FCC chairman Reed Hundt and humorist Calvin Trillin. Brill has even hired an in-house ombudsman: former New York Times editor Bill Kovach, head of the Nieman journalism fellowships at Harvard, will critique Content's own articles...