Affirmative action in education and quotas debate
John Roche argues that quotas are not a fix for long standing inequities and supports affirmative action to enlarge the pool of qualified applicants. He cites experience from Haverford Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr and urges sustained action to diversify education while condemning reverse discrimination and body counts.
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Haverford College
Haverford
Swarthmore
Bryn Mawr
Carl
Bill
Arthur
Harvard Government Department
Charles
Supreme Court
California
Nathan
Glazer
Jim Mills Managing Editor Saturday Dec 11 1976
Jim Mills serves as managing editor as of Saturday December 11 1976 in this newspaper citation noting his role and the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mills
Peace in Lebanon and the shifting Middle East balance
The piece reflects on war weary Lebanon welcoming Syrian troops as peacekeepers, the broader Arab Arab Jewish tensions, and the decline of Palestinian leadership under Yasir Arafat. It notes no clear victor, only losers, and cites Longfellow and a Philadelphia quote as moral context amid regional upheaval.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
al Fatah
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Middletown opens Taft School in big move
A major shift in Middletown's history saw 600 students and teachers transfer to the new Taft School on Verity Parkway. Principal Ross A. Kramer led the move amid five inches of snow, with six buses and several walking students, consolidating North and South schools into Taft.
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Middletown
Taft School
Verity Parkway
Ross A. Kramer
Taft School Association
Ortman-Stewart
Kramer
Roosevelt
Taft
Old South School
Young Street School
North
Wade E Miller
Hugh Butler
Barnitz
Wilson
Highview Road
Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates
The Journal published by News Journal Inc lists subscription options in Middletown Ohio. Details include per copy prices for weekdays and Sundays, home delivery by carrier, motor route rates, and mail rates for the United States and outside. Also notes payment in advance.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
USA
U.S
Seeing God as a black man in church imagery
Marquetta A. Whitaker, a University of Cincinnati graduate student and Whitney Young Memorial Scholar, argues that portraying God as a white man in church literature unsettles Black worshippers. She urges more accurate representations to strengthen Black heritage, reduce interracial conflict, and unite white and Black communities.
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Christian Brothers and Sisters
Jesus Christ
God
United States
St. John’s Church
First
Curtis Avenues
Middletown
Cincinnati
United States of America
University of Cincinnati
Whitney Young
Armco Steel Corp
Marquetta A. Whitaker
10Th Ave
Germantown council backs six year administrator commendation
A reader questions the Germantown Village Council decision to commend the village administrator for six years of service while criticizing ongoing street conditions, water rate hikes, and planned capital projects. The writer urges residents to scrutinize government actions and media coverage.
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Germantown
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