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Brandeis Divestment

Description: Christy George reports on the end of a two-week fast by chaplains at Brandeis University. George notes that the chaplains fasted to protest the university's investments in South Africa. George's report includes footage from a gathering of apartheid protesters on the Brandeis campus. Father Maurice Loiselle, Rabbi Albert Axelrad and Reverend Diane Moore discuss their fast and the university's policy regarding South Africa. The protesters sing and hold hands at the gathering. George reports that the chaplains' fast serves as the last phase of a community protest against apartheid. George notes that Brandeis trustees will review their investment policy at an upcoming meeting. George reviews the apartheid protest at Brandeis University since last year. George's report includes footage of Brandeis students at a shantytown on campus from the previous year.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/13/1987

Brandeis at 40

Description: Tour of Brandeis campus on the 40th anniversary of the university. Inside chemistry lab, library, student center, cafeteria, students playing lacrosse.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/06/1988

Bunker Hill Community College

Description: BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/30/1984

Cambridge Trust, UMass Boston

Description: Inside Cambridge Trust Company bank customers write checks and present them to tellers to be cashed. Wide shot of UMass Boston contemporary brick buildings along Dorchester Bay. Planes fly low over campus on approach to airport.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/20/1977

Chief Buthelezi at BU

Description: Zulu Chief Mangosothu Buthelezi gets honorary LLD from John Silber at BU amid protests.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/17/1986

College scholarships for 4th graders

Description: I Have a Dream Foundation guarantees college scholarships to Mather School fourth graders (college class of 2001). Students in assembly. James Bush.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/19/1989

College tuition / student debt

Description: Students work in summer jobs at Quincy Market to help pay ever-increasing college tuition. Higher education loan office.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/10/1989

Colleges and Universities

Description: Colleges and Universities, exteriors of Boston University.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/25/1982

Colleges and Universities

Description: Academics, Colleges and Universities. Exterior shots of Harvard dorms. .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/28/1982

Conductor Kay George Roberts

Description: Marcus Jones interviews conductor Kay George Roberts about her career as one of the few African American female orchestral conductors. Roberts answers the question "what is it like to be a black woman conductor?" Roberts talks about race and gender in classical music. Jones reviews Roberts's career. Roberts is the first woman to receive a PhD in orchestra conducting from Yale University. Jones' report includes footage of Roberts conducting an orchestra. The tape also includes additional footage of the interview with Roberts and additional footage of Roberts conducting the orchestra.
1:00:03: Visual: Footage of Kay George Roberts (conductor) walking onto a stage to conduct. The audience applauds. Footage of Roberts being interviewed by Marcus Jones. Roberts says that women have not traditionally been the conductors of orchestras. Jones asks if women conductors are different from men conductors. Roberts jokes that women are probably better conductors than men. Footage of Roberts conducting an orchestra. Jones reports that Roberts is one of only a few African American female orchestral conductors. V: Footage of Robers being interviewed by Jones. Jones asks if Roberts ever takes offense when people point to her race instead of her skill. Roberts says that she is not offended by the acknowledgement of her race and gender. Roberts says that black Americans are always referred to as "black Americans"; that black Americans are rarely referred to as "Americans." Jones reports that Roberts is the first woman to receive a PhD in orchestra conducting from Yale University; that she is the second African American to do so. Jones notes that Roberts has been a professor and orchestra conductor since 1978 at the University of Lowell. V: Footage of Roberts conducting an orchestra. Footage of Roberts saying that she will always teach; that she enjoys the excitement and energy of young students and college-age students. Footage of Roberts conducting. Jones reports that Roberts and several female composers will perform a marathon of contemporary classical works at the First Parish Church in Watertown. Jones notes that Roberts hopes the annual event will broaden appreciation for contemporary classical works. V: Footage of Roberts saying that she would love to have the opportunity to conduct a major orchestra. Footage of Roberts conducting an orchestra.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/21/1989