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...interview yesterday, Knowles said hewants to talk to Raza and La O members...
...Knowles doesn't meet with Latino students who want to discuss the need for greater Latino curriculum and faculty representation, it's pretty clear that members of La O and Raza will start responding in ways that go beyond mere organizational meetings...
...argument's sake, let's say Knowles' refusal to meet with Raza President Lilia Fernandez '95 and La O President Efrain Cortes '94 last week isn't totally incomprehensible. Let's grant that Knowles is a busy man who had already filled his schedule with important meetings for the week. And let's take Knowles at his word when he says he wanted the students to meet with some one in University Hall as soon as possible rather than wait for a far-off meeting with him. Fine...
Harvard currently has only four tenured Latino faculty members. No courses are offered that deal significantly with the experience of Hispanic-Americans in U.S. politics, society or history. Sure, class offerings that deal with Latin America are already in the course catalog, but Raza and La O members have specifically expressed concern for the lack of Mexican-American and Puerto Rican-related courses...
Just as the BSA did with Black faculty, Raza and La O have prepared a list of Latino faculty elsewhere who could be attracted to teach at Harvard. They have written letters to the appropriate deans with the hope of receiving an audience receptive to their suggestions...