Following university tradition, Colgate will confer an honorary doctorate on Cosby at the May 16 commencement. The old third floor squash court in Huntington is being transformed into the Stuart Angert '62 Family Climbing Wall. The facility, which should be ready for spring semester action, will accommodate eight to nine climbers at once. Lessons and physical education credit, as well as rentals for shoes and harnesses will be available. Intellectual fire ignited Colgate welcomed three renowned civil rights experts in a panel discussion that stirred the emotions and intellects of students and faculty alike.
Public policy ought to reflect the ideal.
You set a standard and try to demand compliance with that standard . . . Smith, a Caucasian, defended preferential treatment for minorities. Affirmative action is letting in qualified students. Qualified, competent people are being benefited by this training and have gone on to be very successful in their fields. Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation and is a nationally syndicated columnist, respectfully disagreed with Smith, arguing that preferential treatment does not help the students who need it most.