CONCERN FOR OTHERS AMONG TRAITS OF '97 RHODES SCHOLARS.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: December 9, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Dara Akiko Tom Associated Press

A volunteer during the Afghan civil war, a Harvard University student who worked in South African black townships and a water polo-playing physicist are among 32 Americans named 1997 Rhodes Scholars.

``I feel incredibly honored,'' Kweli Ebon Washington said Sunday from Boston.

Washington, who came to Harvard from Berkeley, is an anthropology and social studies major who writes and edits for two campus public...