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Arab students discuss the war

Description: Interviews with Arab students at local college. They discuss the prejudice they experience and their conflicting loyalties in the Persian Gulf war. They say people should not be targeting Arabs, Muslims, or Iraqis in general, but Saddam Hussein.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/22/1991

Charlestown prom

Description: Smiling seniors in tuxedos and evening gowns go to the Charlestown High School prom. Satin, lace, sequins, high heels. Student proposes marriage to his girlfriend, carrying on a family tradition.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/30/1991

Guns in schools

Description: John Sisco of Boston school police says that guns are common in schools and few are confiscated by safety officers. Ray Flynn appeals for getting guns out of the hands of youth.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/23/1991

Image of UMass Amherst

Description: Chancellor Joseph Duffey says UMass Amherst has improved its reputation in his tenure. Students worry about higher fees, budget cuts, value of their degrees. Small discussion class. Students walking on campus.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/06/1991

Journalism students on war coverage

Description: Carmen Fields interviews three Northeastern journalism students on the coverage of the Persian Gulf war. Two students are impressed with the immediacy of the coverage provided by television (CNN and the networks), but the other thinks that it is "not as in-depth as it could get." Fields contrasts the commitment to "the people's right to know" of Watergate-era journalists with the students' views regarding the importance of censorship to protect national security and the lives of individual soldiers. The students also discuss the missing CBS news crew led by Bob Simon, and question the news team's decision to report in a war zone without a military escort.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/18/1991

Kuwaiti student

Description: Kuwaiti student at Tufts, Naif Almutawa, despairs for his besieged homeland. He says his country should not be expected to affiliate automatically with other Arab nations.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/19/1991

Michael Barrett on curriculum

Description: Sen. Michael Barrett says core curriculum fails to prepare students, especially in sciences, since test scores do not compare well with European and Asian countries. He endorses Bush's education plan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/17/1991

Nazi propaganda film

Description: At Mass. College of Art, junior high students view exhibit of Nazi propaganda, including film, which belies the Holocaust, and from which they learn about ethnic prejudice and hatred.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/03/1991

Privileged education or military service

Description: Harvard graduate student Marjorie Damon whose Marine son is in Persian Gulf mulls over dichotomy of elite education vs. military service. Students in Harvard Yard with umbrellas.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/14/1991

ROTC

Description: Army ROTC students in camouflage uniforms in classroom, learning about radio equipment. Student enters office, salutes superior.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/14/1991