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...line school like Dartmouth with a deep tradition of collegiality. Said Biology Professor Melvin Spiegel: "He responds as chairman of the board, not as president and leader of this institution." As one Cornell professor describes the administrators, "They're used to running that place like a New England town meeting...
South African Internship schemes like Constructive Engagement represent the first alternative, they present themselves as initiatives against apartheid but are executed through close consultations with white South Africans. These white South Africans, like Professor James Moulder and Vice-chancellor Stuart Stevens of the University of Cape Town (a government run, almost exclusively white university) are direct beneficiaries of the current distribution of power in South Africa. There are many white South Africans who oppose apartheid but do not support Black majority rule. Their party is the Progressive Federalist Party, which contains the owners of the main gold mines. Such people...
...Dartmouth administration's initial response to the construction of the shanties was swift and seemingly stern. After the Town of Hanover declared the unsightly structures a violation of town ordinances, Dartmouth Dean Edward Shanahan asked the protesters on November 17 "to remove the shanties from the Green today. If you do not, it will be necessary for the college to remove the structures...
...Crimson spikers rebounded against their cross-town rivals in the following game, scoring three straight points to take a 10-9 lead. A successful block by 6-ft., 4-in. Engineer Paul Daly tied the contest...
...blaze of trumpets heralding the opening session of Parliament in Cape Town had barely died down when State President P.W. Botha unveiled an improbable proposal. Said he: "If I were to release Mr. Nelson Mandela on humanitarian grounds, could Captain Wynand du Toit, Andrei Sakharov and Anatoli Shcharansky not also be released on humanitarian grounds...