Word: ricans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hundreds of students danced to a salsa beat Friday night and in the process donated thousands of dollars to the Puerto Rican victims of Hurricane Hugo...
...main reason for the University's inability to fulfill its plans is inexcusable. Arturo Morales-Carrion, perhaps the most prolific Puerto Rican historian of his time, was the professor the University wanted all along. But Morales-Carrion had been sick for the past few years and died this summer. Without Morales-Carrion, Gen Ed 154 could no longer exist, the University said...
Amidst wining and dining at Leverett House, Hernandez-Colon spoke of the University's enthusiasm to increase awareness of Puerto Rican affairs and culture. For years, La Organizacion (La O), Harvard's Puerto Rican student organization, has asked Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence to consider offering a course on Puerto Rican history...
...death as the main reason to not offer Gen Ed 154 after saying it intended to search for other professors besides Morales-Carrion reveals a significant flaw in the University's efforts. It is as if the University simply does not care when or if a course on Puerto Rican Studies will ever be offered...
...find it hard to believe that the late Morales-Carrion was the only qualified professor in this world to teach about Puerto Rico. Morales-Carrion was certainly not the first prominent Puerto Rican historian, and he is certainly not the last...