Word: sexism
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Racial insensitivity is an ugly, poisonous attitude, and The Dartmouth Review is, unfortunately, content to showcase it. Uwe Brandes, a senior at Dartmouth who attended a large rally against the Review, says, "The Dartmouth Review is the most vociferous voice of racism, sexism, and homophobia on campus. They are on a steady course of antagonizing the college," and would "destroy any perceived progress in racial relations since blacks were first admitted...
...time when the Harvard administration is attempting to deal with the issue of racism, as well as continuing its efforts to deal with issues of sexism and sexual harassment, perhaps it is appropriate for the Lampoon to deal with its own legacy in these areas. Robert Kushen...
...Cooper and the council are truly interested in equality, they will side with the women who are discriminated against by the clubs. If they refuse to take a stand, or try to represent both sides equally, the council ends up siding with the status quo. And since final club sexism is the status quo, refusal to fight it, in effect, supports...
LAST Sunday night, the council tried to avoid taking sides and fell straight into this trap. The student government failed to take a stand against sexism. It is unfortunate that the council is taking such a blindly pernicious stance, but neverthless Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT) must continue its battle and bring its case before other student organizations. Maybe once the Radcliffe Union of Students, the Black Students Association, and the Alumni Against Apartheid pass anti-final club resolutions, the council will be isolated in its stance--and see the light. The time has come for Harvard students, and their...
...founding of an organization commited to her effort known as Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT)--access for women to the clubs is only the first step towards undermining the clubs' entire existence. Her suit attacks the clubs at their most vulnerable point, but their problem is not limited to sexism. The clubs have a long history of racism against Blacks and Jews. The Porcellian club admitted its first Black member only four years...