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Often Harvard's minority students are unaware of the condition of most American minorities because they come from middle class backgrounds, not ghettos or working-class families, Perez says. For this reason, many minorities become involved in Phillips Brooks House, which has programs for inner-city youth and housing projects...
They posit that the United States needs more institutions to ease students' transitions from being irresponsible high-school kids to acting as adult citizens. City Year, Khazei says, "is more than taking a year off; it is developed as a bridge between youth and adulthood...
Also at the ceremony yesterday, Melissa S. Lane'88-'89, of Dunster House, was awarded apresidential commendation. Lane, who is a leaderof the Freshman Outdoor Program, has taughtEnglish to Latin America refugees in Boston andwill spend the summer leading a wilderness programfor urban youth. Presidential commendations aregiven by the Radcliffe president to those who havemade special contributions to the community...
...Horner announced the award of the prize to Maisy M. Chan '88, who could not attend the ceremony because she is working for the summer in a steel factory in Germany. Chan, who immigrated to America 10 years ago from China, has also been involved in the Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program. For her academic achievement, Chan was named a Phi Beta Kappa member and received a Mellon Fellowship for graduate study in philosophy...
Also at the ceremony yesterday, Melissa S. Lane'88-'89, of Dunster House, was awarded apresidential commendation. Lane, who is a leaderof the Freshman Outdoor Program, has taughtEnglish to Latin America refugees in Boston andwill spend the summer leading a wilderness programfor urban youth. Presidential commendations aregiven by the Radcliffe president to those who havemade special contributions to the community...