Article: Probe of racial fight continues, Harvard Medical School says

Harvard Medical School, in the wake of controversy about a Halloween racial incident, yesterday released a statement saying the matter is still under investigation and reiterating its commitment to affirmative action.

At issue is an incident at the school's annual Halloween party. Two white students, John McHugh and Lisa Murphy, arrived in blackface, dressed as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, the Oklahoma University law school professor who accused Thomas of sexual harassment. A black student, Maurice Sholas, took offense at the makeup, and when the pair refused to leave the party Sholas allegedly struck McHugh in the face.

Sholas is appealing the medical school's ...

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