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...University's moral commitment to excellence in learning in the service of scholarship and society. This commitment extends to the foundation of the University as a moral community of scholars. The joint action of Church and Colony in the formation of the College speaks to this conjunction of civic and scholarly virtue. Harvard has never been devoted simply to abstract scholarship, and it has always understood its primary commitment to the preservation and dissemination of knowledge in the active rather than the passive voice...
...order, Wagner wrote, "All non-military use permits and agreements will be cancelled. This includes, but is not limited to: unit functions, unit administrative nights, all-night schools, homeless and all sporting events, bingo, drum and bugle corps, elderly, registry or any other type of social or civic activity...
...Soweto supporters has a long history. They frowned when she built a luxurious new house, nicknamed "Winnie's Palace." The A.N.C. and U.D.F. disavowed her comments in favor of "necklacing" -- hanging gasoline-filled tires around the necks of blacks accused of "collaborating with the system," then igniting them. Soweto civic groups and A.N.C. officials asked repeatedly that the football team be broken up to halt its thuggery. In February 1987 students from a local high school who had been warring with the team stoned the Mandela house, and last July they fire- bombed...
Former Cambridge Civic Association President Jack E. Martinelli said that he believed Rickard had similarly evaded the rent control laws on several other occasions. Referring to the incidents described in the CTU letter, he said "The list could easily be doubled...
While the Nunn plan aims to promote civic-mindedness among all men and women, more affluent students will not be affected as financial aid is less of a concern. In a sense, as a result of class backround, one group can buy out of this community work requirement. This is a chilling reminder of draft practices in the 1960s and '70s, when most of those who actually served in Vietnam came from lower-income families...