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...emotional pain caused by someone else's disbelief or belittlement of an incident that robbed me of my voice is too difficult to bear...
...amendment that I proposed with Anna Baldwin and Emma Cheuse eliminated the problem of vagueness in the original bill and expressed unequivocal support for Radcliffe. In addition to recognizing Radcliffe, our amendment recommended that all diplomas bear the signature of the Dean of Harvard College. If implemented, our bill would not only ensure that women receive diplomas signifying the equal education we receive at this University, but would also exhibit the mark and the seal of the institution that historically made it possible for us to have this tremendous opportunity...
First, although there is much to celebrate in the decline of Jim Crow Racism, our institutions and culture still bear a deeply disfiguring scar best described as Laissez-Faire Racism. Prior to World War II most white Americans accepted Jim Crow Racism. They supported segregated schools and housing, endorsed clear preferences for whites over blacks in access to employment, and flatly rejected the idea of racially mixed marriages. All of this rested upon the belief that African-Americans were inherently inferior. Today these views stand in disrepute. Most white Americans now say that we should be an integrated...
...they love something else more: those silly little things we call grades that lead to higher honors (which equals a better job, more money, etc.). The mad scramble for "gut" classes and the ridiculous amount of stress on campus during finals will bear me out: grades, not actual amount of knowledge, are the most important aspect of classes to Harvard students...
...University's explanation for this penny-pinching is that they must keep the flow of endowment funds steady from year to year. Administrators fear that a large influx of money in a good year could be followed by a drought during a bear market. They add that the majority of the endowment is restricted, reserved for certain uses within the University (salaries, buildings, etc.), and so to increase the payout of funds for, say, facility construction would be inefficient in a time when the University is not looking to build...