Word: opinionator
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...find it in extremely poor taste-whatever your opinion of Mr. Begin-to use the name "Fagin" to show people how Mr. Begin's name is pronounced...
Another point of contention raised by some concentrators revolves around the case of Badi Foster, visiting associate professor of Afro-American Studies from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Foster quickly developed a reputation within the department as one of Afro's prime attractions, an opinion shared by Southern as well as Foster's more enthusiastic boosters among the concentrators. An examination of student enrollment in Foster's courses also attests to his popularity; while only eight students took a fall course Foster offered on social policy and modernization, 64 students enrolled in two of his spring courses, Afro...
...department. Last year's decisions to withhold tenure from Isaac and Pierre-Michel Fontain, former lecturer on Afro-American Studies--both recognized Pan-Africanists--have been attributed directly to Southern's influence, and Afro concentrators Peter Hardie '77 and Bruce Jacobs '77 attacked these policies in a January 18 opinion piece in The Crimson...
...Harvard women's studies committee does not have to worry about becoming a growth industry just yet. Although the proposal will be discussed in the fall, its prospects for survival are uncertain. Dean Rosovsky refuses to express any personal opinion on the matter, pending recommendations from various committees and Faculty Council debate. Pipkin says faculty CUE members expressed no hostility to the idea of looking into women's studies, but thought anything else would be premature at this point...
Specifically, the court ruled that a seniority system was not necessarily illegal even if its effect was to favor white males over others in bidding for promotions, protection from layoffs and similar benefits of years on the job. Justice Potter Stewart, expressing the majority's opinion, wrote that "bona fide" seniority systems with no overt racial underpinnings are not unlawful, even though such systems may in practice have the impact of discriminating against certain workers. As for discrimination that occurred prior to passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the court ruled that "no person may be given retroactive...