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President of the Association of Black Harvard Women Natasha S. Alford ’08 said there is a dearth of African American women advancing in the areas of science and engineering and that Wilson’s upcoming aeronautic endeavor will help encourage more black women to enter those areas...
...being out there and people knowing about what she’s doing adds to the visibility African-American women in science,” Alford said. “And visibility is the most significant factor that can contribute to the participation of African American women in the field...
...spoke about religious radicalism and participation of women in politics around the world. She challenged the audience by asking whether the United States would go into Iraq if the vice president and half of the Senate and House of Representatives were women. Thomas M. Scanlon, the final panelist and Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Policy, warned against self-censorship and fear to speak up. “The reason that someone can be offended is not a good defense of censorship... it is too easy to claim offense or to be genuinely be offended...
...Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) last night elected the executive board that will lead the group into its 31st year of existence. Natasha S. Alford ’08 was elected president and Amara A. Omeokwe ’08 was elected vice president in uncontested elections held in the Adams House Lower Common Room. “ABHW has been my heart since I got to this campus,” Alford said. She said that she wants ABHW to continue “to be a strong representative of the black women’s community...
...it’s more agreeable to teach classes where all of the students there want to be there, rather than because they have to fulfill a requirement that they don’t particularly like,” says Thomas M. Scanlon, Alford professor of natural religion, moral philsophy, and civil polity. However, Scanlon admits, “I myself took my first course in moral philosophy because it fulfilled a requirement and I was surprised to find that I liked it.”Some students, like Ali A. Zaidi ’08, worry about the potential...