Word: term
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When I returned from a week's vacation in February, I found a number of articles and letters in The Crimson, the first of which, on February 9, reported that several students had complained about some fall term lectures by a faculty member that were said to have contained racially insensitive remarks. I also learned that three students had come to the Advisory Committee on Race Relations to express these concerns and to seek advice. They were advised by [Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III] to address their comments...
...were unhappy in the house. The house administration currently has to expend a great deal of energy toward integrating transfer students into the University. But the effort often seems wasted because more than half of the transfer students switch their affiliation to a residential house once their mandatory term in Dudley ends...
...most glaring examples of Dukakis' opportunism and inconsistency is his uneven support of gay and lesbian rights. Throughout his first and most of his second term as governor, Dukakis was widely perceived as being a strong supporter of gay and lesbian issues. During his 1986 bid for reelection, however, the Boston Globe ran a story on two gay men who were foster parents to two young children. Legislative outcry and political pressure soon led Dukakis to formulate a plan making it virtually impossible for gays and lesbians in Massachusetts to be foster parents...
Some Massachusetts pundits describe Dukakis' term in Harvard Square as a fruitful apprenticeship to some of the nation's top political minds. They also say he owes much of his more recent success to support and advice from his former colleagues there...
...Watkins noted that they are also responsible for 70% of heterosexually transmitted cases and AIDS cases among newborns. Yet only 12% currently receive help at treatment centers, where waiting lists run as long as six months. Says Watkins: "It is this group that poses the greatest long-term potential for spreading the AIDS virus...