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...this angle that I return to the debate over the now-defunct Radcliffe College. One of the undercurrents of last year's debate was the differing attitudes among undergraduate women towards an auxiliary single-sex institution alongside Harvard. Those arguing a continuing role for Radcliffe saw its programs as redress for unequal opportunities for women at Harvard. In effect, dual citizenship at Harvard-Radcliffe allowed women to decide the necessity of Radcliffe for themselves. They could choose to participate in the supplementary programs of Radcliffe, like the student organizations, externships, seminars, etc. Or, as many elected to do, they could...
NATO's nonviolent attempts to redress that propaganda imbalance haven't got far. Assurances from British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that they have deep affection for the Serbs are falling on deaf ears amid the noise of war. "[The NATO propaganda message] sounds utterly cynical from this end," says a tired, frustrated onetime pro-Westerner in Belgrade...
Burni called for national legal systems to put in place rights for victims that would allow them to redress their victimizers. "The laws in place now result in the victims getting treated like returnable goods--sending them back to where they came from--instead of human rights victims," she said...
Peter and I first sought discrete means of leading Harvard to consider the injustice done to him. On confidential advice of a wise man of Harvard, identified by Lingua Franca Magazine as Henry Rosovsky, Peter and I first sought redress by appealing quietly and respectfully to an obscure body called the Joint Committee on Appointments. We did not post this initial letter by Open Internet. The members of the Joint Committee on Appointments are drawn from the Corporation and Board of Overseers. At least technically and theoretically, they hold ultimate power over tenure cases. The President's great power...
...what is to be done about all of this? Some channels of redress already exist, and other solutions have been suggested by readers. One popular suggestion has been to leave a pile of Crimsons in the dining halls in addition to door drops. Though the Crimson currently does not print enough copies to enable them to do this, circulation managers admit it is a feasible option. "This is a good suggestion which we are looking into. It does not cost that much extra to print more copies," says...