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Several years ago, in what he calls his favorite demonstration, Vorenberg left his office to greet about 200 protesters, and watched them file past him into his office until he found himself tagging along in the back of the line...
Three years ago, you could count on an owlish freshman to stand up in his "Justice" class and preach the conservative line in front of 800 less-than-eager students. His audience, ranging from the disinterested to the outright hostile, frequently hissed the young libertarian when he responded to the professor's request for alternative views on the death penalty and other issues. But nearly every Tuesday and Thursday in Sanders Theater, he got up in his hallmark v-neck sweater and took on his liberal opponents...
Indeed, Granieri rejects the attitude taken by other campus activists--both liberal and conservative--who, he says, prefer provocation to reasoned discussion. When the Conservative Club invited South African Vice Counsel Duke Kent Brown to speak at Harvard three years ago, Granieri opposed the speech on the grounds that it was conceived less for its educational value than as a way to engage angry opponents. The speech ended in a shouting match and a blockade by some students, who were later charged with impeding the South African's freedom of speech...
...Allison sighted the large-scale curriculumreview which began at the school two years ago asevidence that consolidation and review have beenhigh priorities at the school before either thepresidential campaign or the release of thepresident's report...
Dowling, who is on the Race Relations Advisory Committee, first suggested the idea of race relations tutors at a meeting of the house masters three weeks ago...