Word: classing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Panel discussions during the weekend included forums on "Race and Class in America" and "The Role of Black Women in Liberation Struggles." Multiracial audiences of between 50 and 100 people attended each of the sessions held in the Science Center...
...current "volunteer" army is a disgraceful institution for any country that actively advocates an egalitarian social order. In reality, this method of military selection is merely a cruel hoax perpetrated upon the poorer classes of society, since these are the people who are forced into the military by their lack of jobs and other opportunities. A system whereby poor people are forced by economic necessity to risk their lives for the benefit of society at large is hardly egalitarian. The current composition of the army--30 per cent black and other third world people, the remainder largely poor and uneducated...
...merely a manifestation of jingoistic saber rattling. In addition to its military and strategic significance, it serves to advance many progressive causes right here in the United States. It would be a mistake if our generation chose to narrowly pursue our own self interests (as upper-middle class youths who may face the draft but would never be forced into the "volunteer army") rather than our larger responsibility to the less privileged members of our society. Matthew M. Guerreiro...
...runs on the platform that he will put "a class act back into the White House," and in public settings the ex-Governor looks like he believes he will do just that. He speaks loudly and radiates force, but there is still a certain charm. The often scowling, sometimes fearsome product of the Texas oilman tradition declares that he always says what he thinks. "Anybody who thinks oil refineries are a greater threat than Communism must have something wrong with him," says Connally, and his conservative businessmen-backers smile...
William R. Fitzsimmons '67, director of admissions, said yesterday he believes the rise from $8140 to $9170 total costs will not deter prospective members of the Class of '84 from accepting their offers of admission. His office will accept no more applicants than previously planned, he added...