Word: procession
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HARVARD claims to seek diversity in its admissions, which is its reason for not admitting more bright Asian-Americans. Harvard, along with other universities, is now under investigation by the Department of Education for possible discrimination. Although Asian-Americans have higher GPAs, Harvard traditionally has said its admissions process is based upon other criteria for diversity, athletic ability being among them...
...argue by saying that athletic skill is no different in the admission process from a special aptitude for writing or music. But Harvard is an academic institution, and people's skills ought to fit within that intellectual mission. If a student talented enough to come here happens to be an athlete also, fine. But athletes without scholarly abilities add nothing to Harvard's intellectual community and deny a coveted space in the student body to someone who could make better...
...search committee would probably be formed by the end of the week to help in the search for Thornburgh's successor. Runnel, who has been acting IP director during Thornbugh's five-month absence said that the IOP's Student Advisory Committee (SAC) would have input into the search process...
...community and its outside critics an explanation, one that does not rest lightly on vague ideals or blatant favoritism of alumni and athletes. Harvard can best do this by cooperating fully with the federal investigation and by going an extra step further and opening up its secretive admissions process to public examination...
After learning the recount results, Graham'scampaign chair, Pamela A. Thomure, said she neededto examine the rest of the material used in thevoting process before deciding whether to takefurther action...