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Recently, the Office of the Dean of Students released its "Handbook on Race Relations." When I first saw the title emblazoned on the glossy booklets, I recalled another "handbook" the College gives us--the "Handbook for Students." According to its introductory note, that Handbook "contains a concise review of the rules and procedures of Harvard College." Would this new handbook be the same idea, providing us with "rules and procedures" of race...
...relief, the Handbook on Race Relations did no such thing. It is an entirely uncontroversial collection of interesting essays from students and scholars that, according to Dean Archie Epps, should "deepen our understanding of the light and shadow surrounding the important subject of race relations" and "affirm the `common ground' in human experience." But what is this "common ground"? If we could define this nebulous area of human experience, that would certainly be a step in the right direction...
House masters and tutors said they plan to use the handbook to point students in the right direction...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis' 68 says he was not aware AEPi had been founded and referred to the statement on fraternities in the Handbook for Students...
According to the Handbook, "The regulations for undergraduate organizations require that they maintain local autonomy. In the case of some fraternities and sororities, students run a substantial risk of excessive time commitments, and academic work has been known to suffer...they are not permitted to conduct any activity at Harvard even though their activities involve Harvard undergraduates...