Harrington To Talk Poverty Reform At Barnard Event
Michael Harrington, noted author and social critic, will speak at Barnard College on October 29 at a Poverty Conference titled Poverty 1966 What Next. The program includes a 45 minute Q A and a panel with Mitchell Ginsberg Sidney Gardner and Joan Shapiro discussing welfare administration politics and community resources.
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Michael Harrington
Mc. Harrington
America
Sidrey Gardner
Sw. Gardner
Federal
Association For Impartial Review
Lindsay
Joan Shapiro
Deanne Shapiro
Undergraduate Association
Barnard College
Barnard Gun
Lee to Speak On Tyranny In South Africa At Columbia
Franz J. T. Lee, a young South African liberation reader and militant opponent of apartheid, will address Columbia University on Wednesday November 2 at 4 p.m. Fay Harkness Auditorium under the Alexander Defense Committee. He spoke before the U.N. Special Committee on Apartheid on September 14 and discusses Verwoerd’s assassination, life in a police state, and South Africa’s revolution-ready climate. Born poor, Lee worked on White farms and in White factories before joining the African Peoples’ Democratic Movement and later forming a democratic rights party in Southern Africa.
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Franz J. T. Lee
Columbia University
Fay Harkness
Lee
United States
Canada
Alexander’ Defense Committee
United Nations Special Committee
South Africa
Cape
Ation
African Peoples’ Democ
Southern Africa
Party
Democratic Rights
Student role in selecting a college president debated
A trustee committee presented an initial report on choosing a successor to Rosemary Park at the October 19 meeting. The eight member panel includes board leaders, faculty, alumnae, and administrators and notes student input is informal. The final decision rests with the Board of Trustees and the university president.
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Rosemary Park
Board of Trustees
Henry A. Boorse
Dean Boorse
Board of Trustes
Samuel Milbank
Wallace Jones
Boorse
Mirra Kornarovsky
Frederick Woodbridge
John Efot Jr
Alumina
David B. Trumah
Columbia College
Jean T. Palmer
Barnard
Board of Trustee
Dean Bourse
Open letter outlines criteria for Bernard president selection
Nancy Gertner and Gloria Leitner draft a letter detailing qualities students want in Bernard's new president. The letter, not naming nominees, will reflect long term vision and desired changes, and be shared with all eight trustees and the board at December meeting. Debates will cover sex age experience abilities and outlook.
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Rep Assembly
Barnard
Nancy Gertner
Gloria Leitner
Bulletin
Rosemary Parker
Board of Trustees
Henry A. Boorse
Leitner
CUSC Sets Draft Referendum Amid Public Affairs Push
The Columbia Student Council creates a Public Affairs Committee to examine the University relation to the draft. A referendum questions cooperation with the draft and class rank will run with NSA polling as hearings begin in early December. Senators Kennedy and General Hershey may join, with faculty input planned.
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Columbia Student Council
Walter Jonas GS
CUSC
Steve Press
National Student Association
NSA
Peace Corps
Robert Kennedy
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Barnard Girls Seek Outside Courses at Columbia
A survey shows Barnard students take courses at Columbia College General Studies and Graduate Faculties for reasons such as unoffered or elementary level Barnard courses. Over three years 45 students pursued outside credits, led by Elementary Cytology and Zoology, with Barnard and Columbia chairmen requiring permission.
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Barnard
Susan Rosen
Bulletin
Columbia University
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Columbia * College
School of General Studies
Biological Sciences
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Barhard
Donald Ritchie
Cohumtia
Rep Assembly Plans Anew For Exchange
Karen Kapie witz writes for the Student Exchange Committee listing Mary Lu Christie Suzanne Crowell and Pam Hill. The program likely ends its six year run focusing on Barnard girls visiting a white and a Negro college in the South and reciprocal visits to Barnard for one week. Factors shaping the decision include timeliness benefit and interest amid civil rights shifts from Selma to Chicago and South Carolina comments.
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Karen Kapiewitz
Mary Lu Christie
Suzanne Crowell
Pam Hill
Barnard
South End
South
Selma
Chicago
University of South Carolina
Exchange
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