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...first hint came in a statement from the general command of the Iranian armed forces, which called for "new stances in order to continue the sacred defense." Then came a startling message from Iranian President Ali Khamenei to United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, declaring Tehran's willingness to abide by U.N. Resolution 598, the measure calling for a cease-fire in the eight-year-old war between Iran and Iraq. Still, much of the world remained skeptical, aware that Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini had personally vowed to continue the fighting "with the last drop of blood...
...Perez hopes that Harvard will take notice of what other Ivy League schools, such as Princeton, have done to make minority students more comfortable. The government concentrator says Harvard should consider having minority counselors in every house and adding a few extra days to Freshman Week for minority students...
...student programs are not enough, says Perez, adding that more needs to be done both to hire minority faculty members and to entice minority students to enter academia. Perez is a member of the Minority Students Alliance, which earlier this year produced a study calling for a reevaluation of Harvard's minority hiring goals. He says that Chicanos and other minorities on campus have no role models in the faculty...
Often Harvard's minority students are unaware of the condition of most American minorities because they come from middle class backgrounds, not ghettos or working-class families, Perez says. For this reason, many minorities become involved in Phillips Brooks House, which has programs for inner-city youth and housing projects...
...what Perez says he seeks above all is dialogue--among students and faculty and administrators, among students of different backgrounds and between Harvard and the outside community. Only this dialogue can make Harvard a truly enlightened community where people work for "the common life...