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Harvard admissions officials acknowlodged in January, 1988 statement that Asian-American students have been admitted to the College at an average rate of 13.3 percent for the past 10 years, while the figure for white applicants has been 17 percent. However, they claimed that the lower rate stems from the fact that fewer Asian-Americans are varsity athletes or children of alumni, both of whom receive favored admissions status...
...that view was one reason why heplayed a Jewish character in a campus productionof The Diary of Anne Frank. "I wantedpeople to know that you can be pro-Palestinian,pro-Arab, and not be a Nazi," he says. However,Tarazi adds, "Just because one group has beenpersecuted in the past does not give them theright to persecute in the present...
...following are summaries of some of The Crimson's staff opinions over the past year...
...Derek Bok enters his 19th year as president of Harvard, he and his troops dig themselves ever further into their trenches of intolerance. The administrators' consistent refusal to open themselves to dissenting voices has led to a host of embarrassing and disturbing episodes over the past year...
...make an admirable move in picking Professor of Government Robert D. Putnam as the next dean of the Kennedy School of Government. The school, which has been rocked by scandals over fundraising and curriculum problems during the past few years, must return its attention to academics, and Putnam is qualified to lead the school in that direction...