New African Nations Face Growth Obstacles at Forum
A forum analyzes the challenges of new African nations as they seek faster growth. Students discuss the Peace Corps role and Teach ers College plans, urging broader awareness and active civic exchange to improve development efforts.
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Barnard Undergraduate Association
Citizenship Council and
Student Board
Columbia University
Barnard
New York Times
British East Africa
Teachers’ College
International Cooperation Administration
U.S. State Department
Peace Corps
Columbia Conference Committee
Medical Careers Considered at County Medical Society Event
The Medical Society of the County of New York hosts Careers Day in Medicine at Columbia University on April 22. President Dr Bernard J Pisani cites dwindling applicant quality and numbers as a concern while urging qualified students to pursue medicine. Dr Janet Tra is slated as a principal morning speaker.
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The
Medical Society of the
County of New York
Columbia University
Bernard J. Pisani
Janet Tra
Head Tax Greek Games Ticket Pickup and Sales
Tickets for the Head Tax Greek Games can be picked up on Jake from 11 am to 2 pm starting Monday March 13 and through Friday March 24. Sale runs April 10 to 14. From April 17 to 21 a ticket waiting list will operate on Jake with available tickets sent via student mail.
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Jake
Ambassadors from Ghana and Sudan address Africa’s global role
Representatives Omar A H Adeel of Sudan and Kenneth K S Dodsey of Ghana spoke at a School of General Studies Alumni Association forum on The Emerging Role of Africa in World Affairs. They traced Sudan independence in 1956 and urged non alignment, economic modernization, and Western aid to Africa.
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Ghana
Sudan
Africa
School of General Studies
Omar A. H. Adeel
United Nations
Adee
Kenneth K. S. Dodsey
Polykarp Kusch Expounds Science Limits and Order
Professor Polykarp Kusch of Columbia University argues science shapes life and thought. He says science reveals an orderly universe that could become predictable with enough learning and influences individuals and society. He urges broad public awareness of science’s vision and its model for knowledge.
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Polykarp Kusch
Physics Department
Columbia University
Kusch
Professor Kusch
Documentary Films Show Life in Young Nations
Film series at McMillin Academic Theatre presented two documentaries on Africa. Challenge in the Desert portrays Libya’s post independence push for aid and education while Black and White in South Africa examines apartheid in Johannesburg and urban migration under a white minority vote restriction.
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Africa
McMillin Academic Theatre
Libya
U.N
FAO
Unesco
South Africa
Johannesburg
German Politician Willy Brandt to Speak at Columbia Lecture
Willy Brandt, mayor of West Berlin, will discuss Europe Germany and the United States at a Friday March 17 9 p.m. address in Low Memorial Library Rotunda. The lecture is part of the Gabriel Silver series on international peace, sponsored by Columbia's School of International Affairs.
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Europe
Germany
United States
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Rotunda of Low Memorial
Mayor Brandt
Social Democratic Party
Berlin
House of Deputies
Bundestag
Muncestrat Or
Brandt
Gabriel Silver
Silver
University
School of International Affairs
Columbia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
George C Marshall
Mohammed Revi Pahlavi
Shah of Tran
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