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This is the world which five Harvard students stepped into last summer. As part of a Phillips Brooks House (PBH) outreach project, they went to the Homes to design a summer academic and social program for inner-city youths. Three months later, they came away somewhat frustrated and somewhat surprised--and better educated...
SOMETIMES high school kids throw up, so they're excluded from the regular military. But the armed forces never turn away a soul--as part of their outreach, they sponsor JROTC. A recruiting poster explains the concept succinctly. For a few hours every other week in "aerospace education" and "leadership laboratory," students 14 years of age and older earn the following benefits: "Military Ball... Bowling League... Films... Annual Squadron Picnic... Basketball... Color Guard...
...Republican Ripon Society, plans to offer a resolution to change party rules to make it easier for ethnic groups to become convention delegates and members of the R.N.C. The present process discriminates against the larger states, where ethnic voters are concentrated. Auspitz is a member of the R.N.C.'s outreach program, which makes a special appeal to minorities. Yet he complains: "The party tells these groups, 'Give us your vote, but your participation stops at the ballot...
However, Wolfman added, "We (Radcliffe) cannot spend our endowment money on community outreach...
...President moved last week to defuse all potential opposition. No fewer than 1,700 people-representatives of business, labor, veterans, black, ethnic, elderly and youth groups-streamed into the White House for anti-inflation briefings from Carter's senior economic officials. The President himself participated in six "Operation Outreach" meetings. One aide reported that most of the visitors expressed support for Carter's budget-cutting plans, though many businessmen complained that they do not go far enough...