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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...notes that because students have played a larger role in Afro-Am decision making in the past than most other Harvard students, their expectations are very high. "Disappointing expectations can be even more damaging than simply not making the right moves," he notes. But Robinson says, "Students don't want to make decisions--they just want input...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Neither Ferguson nor other committee members believe these problems of tenure and possible confrontation to be insurmountable. Committee members say that they believe in the legitimacy and intellectual excitement of Afro-American Studies, and want to make sure other Harvard community members think so, too. Although efforts to help Afro-Am have a long history of failure, they remain confident. "This really is a last ditch effort--if this doesn't work, nothing will," Patterson says. Rosovsky and the rest of the committee are laying cautious odds that it will, but this year should prove a crucial test of that...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...fourth of the Democrats polled gave Carter an excellent or good rating overall, down eight points from July and 53 per cent of the people who said they voted for Carter in 1976 now say they do not want...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carter's Approval Rating Drops to Record Low 19% | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...want to make field hockey fun for the players, and then it will also be fun for me," she said...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Edie MacAusland Takes Charge | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...divestiture debate, student groups are changing the focus of their protests. The SASC plans to join with other anti-apartheid groups and increase the scope of their activities to include the Boston area as well as Harvard. The SASC is branching out of Harvard because it "doesn't want divestiture to obscure the larger goal of corporate withdrawl," Matthew Rothschild '80, an SASC member, explains. Molly Nolan, associate professor of History, agrees. Any number of institutions are linked to aiding the South African regime, not just Harvard," she says...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Harvard--Divesting of the Debate | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

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