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...really pleased to note that The Crimson no longer misspells the word "Khan" which has in the past frequently appeared as "Kahn" Now, please remember, while "Khan" does occur as a last name among peoples of the West and South Asia, in the case of this generous Harvard alumnus and benefactor, it is the second word in a title! Ali S. Asani Assistant Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture
...hang in with her anthropology studies. But both cases symbolize a chilling reality: at universities across the nation, blacks in particular and minorities in general are shockingly underrepresented at all levels, from the top of the faculty down to the lowliest freshman. The most dramatic drop-offs occur at the upper levels. Minorities constitute more than 20% of the nation's college-age population, but according to Sheila Biddle, program officer of the Ford Foundation, they accounted for only 8% of the 31,190 Ph.D.s awarded in 1983. Blacks, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans and American Indians together accounted...
...mark not only on the city's mixed housing market but also on the diversity of people able to live in Cambridge. Rent control has helped forestall gentrification in the face of an especially tight housing market and potentially lucrative profits for speculators and developers if decontrol were to occur...
...said several problems still awaiting resolution include: distinguishing real warheads from decoys; researching new manufacturing technology that would keep costs down; and determining how to build satellites that could withstand the "hostile conditions" which would occur during a nuclear...
...OTHER issue confronting a University or community suffers such a wild problem of relativity. What one woman views as harassment another views as a simple joke that anyone should be able to shrug off. What one man views as gallant, another woman views as an affront. Nevertheless clear trespasses occur, as well as graver incidents. Trying to deal with sexual harassment is trying to teach a large group of people sensitivity to nuances and facets of human behavior that to various people are inconceivable, silly, overly sensitive, or a matter of human dignity...