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Neighboring residents were indignant. They alleged that the troops trespassed onto private lands, held citizens at gunpoint without explanation and damaged private property...
...admission of minority applicants. A major objective of the Harvard Asian American student group then was to be recognized by Harvard as a minority group, and included in the affirmative action programs of the Admissions Office. By 1983, student concerns included their belief that stereotypes of Asian Americans held by Admissions Officers contributed to the low percentage of applicants admitted, a rate below that for all other ethnic groups, including whites. A further concern was the small number of Asian Americans from disadvantaged backgrounds who were admitted...
Ironically, the conception of the Cambridge Women's Center was the result of a run-in with Harvard University. In 1972, after the International Women's Day March, a sit-in-protesting ungenerous and property-rich Harvard-was held by Cambridge feminists for two days at 888 Memorial Drive, a Harvard storage facility. The demonstration sparked negotiations with Harvard and MIT might act to more clearly articulate andpublicize the University's current policy, whichshe describes as "strong" in its written form...
...against the building of telescopes, but it holds with great conviction that they must not come at the expense of the Endangered Species Act. EAC urges readers of The Crimson to participate in a petition drive to be held next week in the dining halls urging Harvard to put its observatory some-where else. Peter Morningstar '91-92 Environmental Action Committee Phillips Brooks House
...biggest breakthroughs: the catalytic converter, a revolutionary antipollution device. Stempel has been groomed well for the chairman's post, having served as head of several divisions: Chevrolet, Pontiac, GM's Adam Opel subsidiary in Europe and the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac group. He has never held a job in the finance department...