Re: Penn minority graduation galas
“Often, they don?t receive the same recognition and psychological support as other students at the university.” We should all remember that Penn’s black students, denied…
May 2003
Black matriculation
ChienWen Kung ’04 says, “I don’t know about separate graduation ceremonies for blacks, but I do know (courtesy of a friend of mine who attended…
Penn minority graduation galas
Troy Blanchard ’05 brought this article to my attention. In this 2001 Review article, Darren Thomas and I discuss Dartmouth’s affirmative action, minority recruitment weekends,…
More from Adil
“Alex, I believe in merit, not in color. affirmative action is little more than bullshit. so i wrote at the end “It would be funny,…
I respond to Adil
>Date: 15 May 2003 13:25:54 EDT >From: Alexander D. Talcott >Reply-To: alex.talcott >Subject: Re: response! >To: Adil Warisuddin Ahmad Hi, Adil I appreciate your response….
Adil Warisuddin Ahmad ’05 to respond in The D
“To the editor: Alexander Talcott �04 in his recent letter �A Clear Paradox� tries to point out that the 40% of non-white students on campus…
Overheard
In the Office of Pluralism and Leadership: Dean of Asian Students to Dean of Black Students: Congratulations. Dean of Black Students: What? DAS: You’re the…
All That’s Fit to Print
The D finally runs a letter to the editor by yours truly. Graduate student Mark Bubriski responds: “One statistic you missed: 1 year of minorities…
Billie Jean King
Just noticed the post over at Free Dartmouth on Billie Jean King receiving an honorary degree at commencement this year. The post does, and I’m…
Re: I Have a Nightmare
Talcott, your criticism of Furstenberg’s absurd statement is very fitting. However, it’s worth noting that, according to The D article, the non-white population at Dartmouth…