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Days of Dialogue Open with Three Panels

"The people that are here are some of the most dynamic folk here," she said. "People can go here for four years without ever meeting you, you, you and you--people never go out of their comfort zones."

The student panelists represented the Asian American Association (AAA), Bisexual Gay Lesbian Transgender and Supporters Association (BGLTSA), Black Students Association (BSA), Campaign for a Living Wage, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the South Asian Association (SAA).

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The event, in turn, was sponsored by AAA, Cuban Students Association, SAA, Multi-Cultural Issues Forum, Concilio Latino, BSA and the NAACP.

Despite one tense moment when an elderly male audience member said he regretted that the days of forced segregation were over, the discussion wrapped up to a round of applause and optimistic closing remarks.

Event organizer and council representative Fred O. Smith '04 emphasized that change beings at the individual level.

"My challenge to you is to go out and do something," Smith said. "Then, maybe Days of Dialogue can turn into Days of Action."

In last night's third and final event, a panel discussion entitled "Is There Room For God at Harvard?" 10 panelists from a variety of campus religious organizations convened before nearly 60 audience members to discuss the place of religion in the daily lives of Harvard students.

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