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Cornell University's Faculty Council of Representatives will investigate Cornell's undergraduate swimming requirement to determine its origin and legality as a requirement for graduation, the Cornell Daily Sun reported this week...
Though they share the same religion, the two countries could hardly be more different. Iraq is an Arab state, governed by the left-wing Baathist regime and aligned with Moscow. Iran is a conservative, Western-oriented monarchy whose people are of predominantly Aryan origin. The Iraqis are armed by the Soviets; the Iranians bought some $2 billion worth of U.S. arms last year...
Much of The Other Bostonians is devoted to discovering why social mobility is greater among some groups than among others. Although children of white-collar parents are much more likely to be upwardly mobile than are those from blue-collar families, social origin alone was insufficient to explain the social mobility apparent in Thernstrom's statistics...
...briefcases. A silver-haired woman clutching a sandwich wrapped in waxed paper slides uneasily into a seat next to a middle-aged naval officer. Most audiences, however, tend to be young and to contain a far higher than average proportion of blacks and, in some cities, people of Spanish origin. "Voodoo, you know," a black file clerk said matter-of-factly...
Harvard's brief argues that giving favorable weight to minority origin in selecting qualified students for admission is "an important method in reducing the disadvantages suffered by minorities in educational opportunity and professional services," and that it improves the educational opportunities of all students...