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...most recent affirmative action policy requires the Review to consider throughout the selection process an applicant's optional personal statement on the "economic", societal of educational obstacles he has overcome. The membership committee will now strive to choose a crop of incoming editors that "significantly represents historically underrepresented groups in the student body "But at the same time, the Review has warned the committee, it should choose only those applicants who "can adequately perform Review work" and only minority applicants with grades "close to" those of other students. Many professors appreciate those new caveats...
...acquiescence. Under last February's plan one-fifth of the new staff would have almost inevitably been minorities. The revision later that month meant the Review would use one-fifth of the slots as tools with which to balance the staff. Now the membership committee uses subjective standards to strive to meet a highly abstract goal-whose meaning itself under several limitations open to much interpretation...
...hand, the next task is to strive to Molloy's ideal of the "power-user." These are real sweet guys. They strut about all day stressing their high rank. When they get a promotion, they immediately stop eating lunch with the guys they've been eating with for years ("Not doing this is one of the main mistakes women make"). They assert their power by going up to secretaries' desks and reading things from the desk without asking...
...problem--especially the intention of L. Fred Jewett '57, admissions and financial aid dean, to solicit student opinions on the matter through House meetings. But we cannot stress enough our conviction that an equitable financial aid policy is of unparalleled importance. If at all possible, the University should strive to fill the gap left by receding federal aid with money...
Although most administrators and faculty members agree that doctors should strive to write more balanced--and truthful--letters, there are lingering fears about the implications such a policy might have for Harvard Med School students if carried out in practice...