Word: openings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...natural leader for efforts for student justice. But last year students found that the council would not champion their cause. Instead of battling sexism in the final clubs, the council balked and seemed more interested in equitably representing the students who buy into elitism here, than backing institutions open to all of its constituents. Yet diverse group membership is a much better reflection of what the Harvard of 1988 stands for than are clubs based on wealth and private school connections...
...extend the democracy of a diverse campus and to energize the half-dead social life, the college needs to move swiftly. One key proposal is a student center with room for campus organizations, bands, pubs, and gathering--open to all students. The center would boost campus cohesion and activity, just as house life has fragmented it. While the houses offer an important range of artistic and tutorial services, a campus-wide student center would provide benefits they cannot offer. As student tuitions continue to rise beyond inflation to fund the growing budget, now is a key time to accommodate student...
...next four months, the fellows will lead study groups open to the Harvard community on current topics such as the emergence of the two-party South and the increasing influence of women in politics. Fellows also conduct their own research and are available to meet privately with students...
...sweltering summer afternoon, 200 people are gathered around a delivery van parked on a dusty side street in downtown Bucharest. The vehicle's doors swing open, and all 200 seem to surge forward at once. As six blue-uniformed militiamen armed with automatic weapons struggle to hold back the crowd, a salesclerk begins parceling out portions of a coveted commodity: frozen 1-lb. chunks of chicken gizzards, heads and feet. In minutes the meager supply is exhausted, and fistfights erupt among disappointed customers. Moments later the van drives off, and the throng disperses...
Rumania's troubles broke into the open last November, when a riot by 10,000 workers and residents in the industrial city of Brasov touched off a chain of smaller work stoppages and protests across the country. "For the first time in memory," says an experienced political observer in the Transylvanian city of Cluj, "there are signs that this crazy leadership is losing its grip...