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Solomon Amendment
Met With Student Apathy
By CHELSEA L. SHOVER
Since the takeover of University Hall in 1969 during the height of
the Vietnam War, Harvard’s relationship with the military has alternated between
tense and toxic.
Cambridge City
Council Feared Trick-Filled Treats
By NICOLE G. WHITE
It wasn’t just typical seasonal ambiance that left a tinge of terror
in the air on Halloween 1982. Fears of razor-filled apples and needle-studded candy
bars left parents and city officials concerned that children would be in for more
tricks than treats as they went door-to-door that night.
Stepping Out of
the Bubble
By NAN NI
In Jan. 1983, Harvard stood before the Rent Control Board, petitioning
for the right to make a $2.5 million renovation at the Craigie Arms apartments on
Mt. Auburn St. Just two blocks away at Grendel’s Den, Harvard Law School professor
Laurence H. Tribe ’62 was cooking up a legal scheme to grant the restaurant owners
the liquor license they had been denied.
Walesa Forced To
Drop Harvard Invite
By VIDYA B. VISWANATHAN
If Harvard had procured the desired 1983 Commencement speaker, he
would have received a different sort of praise than this year’s J.K. Rowling.
Hoopes Sought To
Honor Scholars
By LAUREN D. KIEL
During the fall semester of his junior year, David B. Rothenberg
’84 traveled to Nepal to learn to play the gyaling, a Tibetan reeded instrument.
New Policy Tackled Harassment at Harvard
By CHELSEA L. SHOVER
When the class of 1983 first arrived on campus, Harvard’s new sexual
harassment policy had yet to be implemented.
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By DANIEL E. HERZ-ROIPHE, RONALD K. KAMDEM, JAMES M. LARKIN, RAMYA PARTHASARATHY, and JESSICA A. SEQUEIRA
As the Class of 1983 celebrates its 25th reunion, we take a look back at the opinions published on our pages during their final year at Harvard.
Selected Editorials from 1983:
Re-Emphasizing Morality
April 26, 1983
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Harvard's fasters have already dramatized on an international scale the indifference of the Harvard Corporation to repeated demands by faculty and students for divestment from companies operating in South Africa.
A Time to Modify
March 8, 1983
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
For all its success in revitalizing the tottering General Education structure, creating interesting new courses, and bringing Faculty stars before undergraduates, the Core has several basic flaws.
10,000 Men, $350 Million
October 1, 1982
By MICHAEL J. ABRAMOWITZ
With its incredible wealth, however, comes an enormous responsibility for Harvard. Especially if it is going to make the argument, as officials have, that a new infusion of capital is necessary for Harvard to retain its leadership in American education.
Guzzling Away
October 14, 1982
By ANTONY J. BLINKEN
By the end of the decade, worldwide demand for oil could top supply by as much as nine million barrels per day, the IEA report concludes. It is not difficult to imagine the resulting escalation of international tension as countries scramble to obtain their energy needs.
A Democratic Opportunity
December 8, 1982
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Kennedy’s withdrawal should allow the party’s new leaders to fashion creative and timely policies to meet the challenge of those ideals, which remain every bit as noble as ever.
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