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It’s spring time in Georgia. While millions of Americans tune in to CBS this weekend to watch the Masters Tournament, one of the premier golfing events in the country, the National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO) will be standing outside Augusta’s gates, protesting the exclusion of women from the golf club’s membership ranks...
...premier university in the nation, Harvard is looked to as a model for higher education. President Summers clearly takes this responsibility to heart, as his support of the University of Michigan’s admissions policies during their recent review by the Supreme Court demonstrates. He recognizes that when Harvard University takes a position on an issue, whether it is affirmative action or workers’ rights, the rest of the country takes notice. The presence of the final clubs at an institution with such influence sends the message that women are still not fully integrated into the traditions...
Last Tennis Game: The previous weekend. Practiced with Nick Bolletteri, the world’s premier tennis coach...
...easygoing style. It’s hard to be intimidated by this friendly, unimposing man, about six feet tall and slightly balding, with soft eyes behind round thin-rimmed glasses—until you remember that one word from him can land you a coveted job at a premier university. The walls are lined with the oeuvre of those who have won his favor—one is covered by a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf. It’s a testament to Sisler’s command that he can maintain a sense of cleanliness and order in the room...
MARYSE CONDÉ, DARRYL PINCKNEY, AND PATRICIA POWELL. Hailing from Guadeloupe and considered one of the premier literary voices of the modern Francophone world, Condé will read from her 1996 tale Segu. She will be joined by Darryl Pinckney, whose work Out There: Mavericks of Black Literature is based on a recent series of lectures at Harvard. Briggs-Copeland Fellow Patricia Powell, who will present her novel The Pagoda. The event is co-sponsored by Harvard’s W.E.B. DuBois Center and Harvard Book Store. Wednesday, March...