Word: ad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ad Hoc Committee to Protest the Return to Harvard of Professor Samuel Huntington presents an interesting case in misguided energy and effort. This Ad Hoc Committee feels that Huntington should not be allowed to return to this campus because of his role as a Vietnam War hawk in government...
...inevitably led us into Vietnam. However, undergraduates at this university seem quite docile in class, from what I have observed. They rarely challenge any professor's 'party line' lectures, as they are scared and too concerned about grades and getting into law or business or medical school. Thus, the Ad Hoc's flashy tactics are really a way of conveniently avoiding a head-on clash with Huntington's view...
...this is perhaps too much to expect of a student body which basically comes from inherited wealth and privilege. Tokenism of the Ad Hoc Committee's brand is enough to alleviate their sense of guilt and outrage, by projecting their class's values and crimes onto scapegoats such as Huntington. But tokenism is politically worthless. Those who do not challenge evil values in class will never significantly protest evil actions of their government and their corporations, 20 years from now. It's too cozy to sit on Wall Street with a fat salary, so why risk your job by challenging...
...Morrison will be at the Orpheum on Oct. 16 for two shows, with Rockpile (featuring Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds) as the warm-up group, the ad informs me in small type. If it were up to me, I'd have Rockpile as the starring act. As a matter of fact, you'll have the opportunity to hear them again on Oct. 30 and 31, when they'll be headlining at the Paradise (for $4.50, no less...
Also featured are a light, airy-hued canvas by Philip Guston--a lesser abstract expressionist but a very good work of his and William Baziotes' "Bird of Paradise" executed in 1947. Ad Reinhardt also manages to slip into the show with an untitled work done...