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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well as trying to solve the tenure mystery, the committee will have to face a largely hostile and suspicious group of student concentrators, who point to the University's poor performance in strengthening Afro-Am over the last decade as proof of its intent to undermine the department. The creation of an executive committee doesn't assuage these students' fears. "I don't see anyone on the committee who is a real ally of Afro-American Studies," Brutus says. "These people have a mainstream perspective," he adds. And Daniel Robinson '79, a former concentrator, says, "I am skeptical...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

University officials are even angrier about the audit's armchair attitude towards the school's salary certification system. "Our partnership with the federal government has evolved to the point where it has become very difficult for universities to keep accurate track of funds," says Howard J. Levy, assistant dean for financial affairs at the SPH. "It's hard to put a time clock in the head of a professor and see when he was thinking about which federally-funded project he may be working on," he adds. Scott says the HEW assessment of the University's record-keeping for wages...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Breaking Down the Buddy System | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...stabilizing factor for them--there is no better rent control than a mortgage," he added. The "homeless elderly" problem will be solved soon too, Frisoli says. "There are two bills in the state legislature to protect the elderly from condo conversions. That seems to be the sore point, and it will be long gone by election day," he said...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Condo: It's a Fighting Word | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...well have failed, for example, to predict such a leap of civilization as the Renaissance. Ultimately, the process of decadence remains a mystery: Why has the tribe of Jews endured for so many centuries after the sophisticated culture of the Hittites disappeared? Richard Gilman can be granted his central point: "that 'decadence' is an unstable word and concept whose significations and weights continually change in response to shifts in morals, social, and cultural attitudes, and even technology." But the protean term is still tempting. It seems the one word that will do to point toward something moribund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Fascination of Decadence | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...average SAT verbal score dropped two points to 427, and the math score dropped a single point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAT Scores Drop Nationwide | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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