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Batool Z. Ali ’10, a CS concentrator who will be working at Google after graduation, said she has “never felt disadvantaged?? due to her gender but added that she is an “in-your-face kind of person...
...present, by our own example, that homeless and economically disadvantaged people, with the proper resources, empowerment, opportunity, and encouragement are capable of creating change for ourselves in society.” The agency implicit in this mission is clear: By their own example, empowered homeless—and economically disadvantaged??people use Spare Change to make a difference for themselves, instead of being helped by others. As the nation dives deeper into economic crisis, it may be difficult to maintain institutions like Spare Change. HEP relies more upon contributions than sales for publication. Going forward, these contributions will...
...whole community, has gone unchallenged. Many Harvard students have grumbled that it makes more sense to implement affirmative action along socio-economic lines. They argue that there are a great number of mid- and high-income blacks who would receive a race benefit above a more “disadvantaged?? white. True enough. But the element of adding to diversity is a more elaborate one, and one where ethnicity does not always apply...
...undergraduate policy is avowedly race-conscious, but Bush’s argument that it amounts to a racial quota is thoroughly unconvincing. In Bakke, the Supreme Court rightly invalidated an admissions system that set aside a certain number of seats each year for “disadvantaged?? and minority students, who were evaluated independently of other applicants. But it upheld the ability of universities to consider race as one factor among many in admissions decisions, specifically approving of Harvard’s undergraduate admissions policy, which evaluates each application individually and gives a “plus?...
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