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Those of us who are seldom vocal about our position on this issue, would at least silently applaud students who speak out constructively and push for progress. Presently, "we" are somewhat dissappointed in the emotional political response which supports the negative view of "minority activists" as radical, ill-informed, and not well-thought-out. It is my hope that student leaders and the Crimson editorial staff do not continue to contribute to this viewpoint. Paul S. Kang...
...certainly true that the advising system here is less than perfect, and I applaud the Undergraduate Council's interest in improving it. But the Council's characterization of freshman proctors is grossly unfair, and the proposed "solution" to the problem is no solution at all. Daniel R. Melamed '82 Proctor, Thayer Hall
...terrorists. The government refuses to acknowledge ties with Islamic Jihad, the terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French troops in Beirut last October, as well as other Middle Eastern attacks, but Tehran does not hesitate to applaud the terrorists' acts. The October bombing was celebrated in Iran as "the action of patriotic heroes...
...Lagon may be "unwilling to fight in earnest" for his views, and may secretly fear that he and they are unable to withstand the challenge of ideological diversity. For our part, we applaud the appointment of professors who will challenge the conventional wisdom, whether more the "right" or the "left" or in the name of a new philosophy or fresh methodology. We know that there are too few, far too few, in the Arts departments of this University. Mr. Lagon will, we are afraid, emerge fundamentally unchallenged from his years at Harvard; perhaps his intellectual timorousness is the consequence...
Avant-gardists might applaud his lyrical technique and solid bebop chops while nurturing doubts about his innovative abilities. D'Rivera tends a little toward caution himself-"I like electronics," he says, "but I am very careful with it"-and, even when searching for fresh inspiration, tends to stay close to the roots...