Word: baer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...November 28 Crimson, Daniel Baer explained that "Harvard students are bored with tabling and rallies. That's why COCA's recent actions were so appropriate." It is difficult to understand how undergraduate apathy with regard to the El Salvador issue makes the draft notices so appropriate. It might be true that many students have not involved themselves with COCA's cause, and this is probably true for a variety of reasons: perhaps some students who work in addition to studying just plain don't care (though that is hard to believe). The point is that these people (myself included) have...
...Baer seems proud of the effectiveness of COCA's draft notices. He says that "It is understandable that some students have been frightened or upset by COCA's recent tactics. But their fear and anger should not be ultimately directed at COCA." He says instead that we should direct our anger at the right-wing terror of our government. I happen to agree with him that the current administration is on the wrong side of the Central America issue--but it is not up to me or Baer to scare the daylights out of those who disagree with...
...must carry the name of the sponsoring organization and, in the lower left-hand corner, the word 'approved.'" When the Administrative Board decided not to take action against COCA, it implicitly made an exception to this rule--an exception which seems justified only in that the Ad Board, like Baer and me, happened to agree with COCA's position on this issue...
...final criticism is that under the Nunn/McCurdy plan, rich students are excluded, thereby polarizing society's class structure. Mr. Baer asks "how can we as a democratic nation take seriously a policy that explicitly exempts the rich from requirements made of the citizenry?" This is a valid concern, something that the Citizens Corps does not address...
Those responsible for the Nunn/McCurdy legislation understand that the bill will undergo many amendments and alterations before it is finally voted upon, and they are more than willing to listen to student concerns and ideas. I would urge Mr. Baer and other critics not to dismiss the bill out of hand but rather to help shape it into its most positive form. The present bill is not perfect, but if we work together, we can make it more nearly so. The future of the country is at stake...