Word: thereness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First of all, there are the approximately 30 Harvard undergraduates who went to Rindge and Latin. They are the most obvious connection between the two schools, the visible link between the town and the gown.
"I don't think there is enough interaction between Harvard students and Cambridge Rindge and Latin students," he says. "You walk past them in the Yard. It's like they have blinders on. It's as if Harvard doesn't care about them, and they don't care what happens...
"A lot of the kids we are helping are thinking about going to college and just don't know how to get there," Jackson says. "We try to dispell the myth that college is an ivory tower."
But for every student CHANCE convinces about Harvard's commitment to the community, there are several others who continue to resent Harvard students.
In fact, about half of the volunteers come from either Harvard or MIT, says Frank H. White '55, the organization's director. There are between 150 and 200 Harvard undergraduates involved, he says.