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...felt that Afro-American Studies should encompass as much of the African and Afro-American experience as possible offering courses in such areas as music, science, history, literature, economics, psychology, etc. A diversity of courses should be offered to provide: (1) An overview of the many areas of Black life from which one may choose to specialize: (2) A supplement to other fields for those not concentrating in Afro-American Studies: (3) A black perspective on life especially for black students. However, it is felt that a focus on certain specific areas is essential. Two or three areas such...
TIME is devoting most of this issue to an exploration of the status of women in America today. Our cover story is an overview of the American woman. Because the subject touches so many facets of life in different ways, each department of the magazine explores the question of women in its specialty. Most of the sections include situation reports, the facts and figures of the feminine condition-not that the numbers tell anywhere near the whole story...
Twenty Years Older. Just where is American woman today? In a statistical overview, she is nearly 106 million strong, at the median age 30 and with a bit more than a twelfth-grade education. She is likely to be married (61.5%). She makes up more than a third of the national work force, but according to a Department of Labor survey, she generally has a lower-skilled, lower-paying job than a man does. In many jobs she does not get equal pay for equal work. (Her median earnings have actually declined relative to men.) In a recession...
...moving against armed fortifications, prey to flairs and automatic weapons; military structures staffed by lawyers at the trenches and deadwood aristocrats at the drafting-table; calls to duty and service which can't quell the fears of men in torpor. Kubrick stuck so truly and unobtrusively to his debunking overview that the irony of his "brotherhood of man" finish goes overlooked. True, a fraulein warbling a love-song reduces French soldiers to tears. But we know that their captain only gives them a moment, that the decimated ranks will soon be further stricken...
...overview, these results call for a strong student-run student-faculty communication network which would coordinate information and serve as a link between the various elements of the University community. Such a network can provide among other things a useful medium for the growth and expansion of innovative courses and structures...