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...organization this spring will stage a "Night of the Right" to raise awareness of the right whale's plight. Psychas said he will invite state legislators, environmentalists and the public to the event...
...Computer Age which Harvard brings to its students thus springs from the very heart of the bourgeoisie. While glorifying middle-class consumerism, it ignores the plight of those unable to partake of its fruits—at most, it provides them with a safety net full of holes...
...divestment question, two matters seem clear: apartheid oppresses Black people in South Africa, and continued investment in South Africa implicates Harvard as at least a willing partner in the apartheid regime. These are serious issues. We can only hope that the University does, in fact, consider the plight of fellow humans in South Africa more seriously than the plight of long-extinct animals. Paul Bommans, GSAS History Department
...Jonathan M. Harris '69 holds nothing against Mammuthus primigenius. Indeed, he probably is very sympathetic to its plight of nonexistence...
...Shoshone Business Council. "Our tribes have great elders, but we have not used them to provide for our children's spiritual needs." To help the young recover some of their cultural identity, elders at Wind River are introducing students to a tribal tradition that may ease their plight. In the past few days, teachers and clinic workers have reported that the wave of suicide attempts has subsided. Perhaps the healing ritual has survived the decades of neglect...