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...question of ideology, and politics, continues under the new constitution to string PBHA on a tightrope. A fine line between community organizing and political action in some Brooks House programs is impossible to draw. So far PBHA has had limited involvement or success in the realm of political activity. The use of the word "political" to describe PBHA's purpose in the new constitution pleases members who are defensive about the House's lingering fruit-basket image, but it could also endanger PBHA's financial tie with the University and its tax-exempt status as a charitable and educational organization...
...months ago, however, several outstanding black athletes decided to risk sacrificing the success athletic achievement might bring. Led by a sociology professor from California, they voted to boycott the 1968 Olympics. As world record holding sprinter Tommie Smith said, they were willing to give up participation in the Games, "if it means that it will open a channel by which the oppression and injustice suffered by [our] people in America can be alleviated...
...policy of letting any senior move off-campus while charging an off-campus tax depends for its success on some delicate mathematical guesses...
Part of the Crimson's success came from its rare achievement of 60 minutes of hard-hitting hockey without drawing a single penalty. The Harvard players checked well all evening and Chris Gurry and Flaman took especial care to keep the hustling Eagles honest...
...able to devote full time to the University's government, it is unrealistic to think of Harvard as a democracy for students. It is not futile, however, as the Harvard Policy Committee and its chairman have proved, to organize and articulate opinions before the sources of Faculty power. The success of HPC audits and its pass-fail proposal show that the departmental oligarchies and the Dean of the Faculty are open to student pressure. But it is hard to justify any undergraduate government, except in terms of sheer parliamentary amusement, unless it seeks to express educational views effectively...