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Dates: during 1960-1969
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GETTING kicked in the ass can be a healthy experience. It keeps you on your toes. In the case of the Harvard Cooperative Society, that jolt came last fall in the nearly successful attempt to elect an alternate slate to the Coop's board of directors. Since October, the Coop management, while twisting its head around to see what all the kicking was about, has discovered that the back of its own neck needs a bath...

Author: By Alan S. Geismer jr., | Title: When Will the Coop Ever Change? | 4/8/1969 | See Source »

...their own local efforts and emerging self-confidence. Despite King's caveat, blacks must define the issues and values of their own lives if they are to develop a secure identity in the white world. Ultimately, this problem may be eased, as more cities get black majorities and elect more black leaders to political office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE FUTURE OF BLACK LEADERSHIP | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

Ploy No. 2: "I only want to help." Positing a moral vacuum, students step in as chosen redeemers-"the Elect of History." Since they have a sense of mission rather than any specific purpose, they attach themselves to a "carrier" movement: civil rights, labor, etc. "Back to the people" causes are most popular with middle-class students, particularly if they permit an extra nose tweak for Father. (Mao Tse-tung has recalled the pleasure it gave him to side with the peasants that his father exploited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fathers and Sons | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

Cahalan, captain-elect and Eastern champion in the 50-free, turned in a 21.79 clocking in the preliminaries. The slowest qualifier finished in 21.70. "I was a little disappointed," the Crimson sophomore said last night. "I had a not-too-great start and a not-too-great turn," Cahalan explained. His best previous time was 21.6, recorded at the Eastern Seaboards...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Mermen Bow In Nationals | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Steve H. Hornberger D-'70, who won 65 per cent of the student body's votes, said his proposal would eliminate all governing powers of the dean, the faculty, the Educational Policy Committee, and even the Student Association of which he is now president-elect. He outlined his specific recommendations in a statement issued last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Student Leader Asks Divinity Reform | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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