Word: cfia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cheyney affirmed in his summation that he demonstrated at Harvard on Monday, May 11, because fighting imperialism and racism can only succeed if we undertake concrete struggles against such institutions as ROTC and the CFIA and such practices as racist and sexist pay differentials. His sentence came as no surprise. The CRIMSON's article failed to convey the essence of the situation because it did not mention any of these specific instances of Harvard's exercising its power in the courts to accomplish its political ends: the preservation of the status quo for the benefit...
However, Harvard's unrestricted funds have many uses. "The $40,000 damage to the CFIA is coming out of the unrestricted budget which also pays for scholarships. The bombing cost us the equivalent of 20 average scholarships," Peterson said...
...bomb scares, which began the morning after the bombing at the CFIA, have disrupted classes and examinations and forced repeated evacuation of four dormitories-700 Commonwealth Ave. and the three West Campus Towers-which house nearly 3000 of BU's 17,000 students...
Hell, that's the reason for a lot of the "so-whatedness" about the CFIA bombing. The student community generally agrees that the government's military and economic exploitation must end; each person just chooses to fight in his own way. Those concerned with civility try a trip to Washington or an election campaign. Those not worried about being nice set bombs. That's their commitment. Carl Oglesby once wrote...
...terribly bothered. Reaction and legislative restrictions will shut down the functioning of the University as a source of criticism, and preserve it only as an academic factory. Sure, the universities support and serve the government in much of its counter-revolutionary machinations. Getting rid of ROTC and the CFIA are fine self-cleansing rituals but, though symbolically important, will undermine the radical student power base if pressed to the point of shutting down the University...