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There are valid distinctions between a discussion and a boycott. The purpose of discussion is to exchange views and information. They purpose of a boycott is to achieve change...
There may be very valid reasons why we should not send Jimmy Carter back to the White House in 1980. But for the moment, let us all stand up and applaud what this man has done in the Middle East [March...
...courses that will affect only future generations of students. The shallowness of this statement becomes apparent when the logic is applied to the Faculty--some of whom will leave Harvard, some of whom will not choose to teach Core courses. Moreover, Rosovsky is implicitly denying that students have a valid perspective on their own educations. The Faculty created the Core Curriculum to replace the flawed and misdirected General Education program. As students under Gen Ed's sway, present undergraduates have a unique outlook on the program. They are well qualified to suggest ways in which the Faculty might best avoid...
...girl, a local college student, was taken to the police station when arresting officers found that she was not carrying her driver's license. A computer check quickly revealed that she did indeed have a valid license, and she sent a friend who was with her to pick it up at home. But what seemed to be merely an annoying incident took a decidedly ugly turn. According to her lawyer, Jane Doe then went through an embarrassing series of events. She was led into a room by a police matron and ordered to strip...
...F.W.A. women, as Ellen Sachar put it, was "so naive as to think if she sat next to [Mobil Chairman] Rawleigh Warner at breakfast, he would invite her on the Mobil board at lunch." But what these women are telling corporate executives is that it is no longer valid to contend that there are not many qualified women for boards...