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...COMPLETELY up front about it, neither of us has regularly read Bloom County, nor do we plan to in the future. So we're probably not qualified to comment on the merits of the strip which The Crimson discontinued and then reinstated within a stormy ten days. But as Crimson editors, part of our responsibility includes closely observing the Harvard community. And the reaction to the removal of the strip that we observed was puzzling and a little disturbing...
...back at recent Crimson's reveals coverage of some salient questions. Central America, the arms control debate, the Reagan budget, and national elections have all appeared of late in these pages. We find it difficult to believe that none of this was considered controversial or interesting enough to merit comment...
...group of 25 bystanders gathered outside of Widener attempted to drown out the chants of the demonstrators and then gradually dispersed Many of the onlookers disputed the Sparicists view of world events. "Their support of the Soviet Union and the government of Poland is sufficient comment on their concern for civil rights." Yitzhak Klein, a graduate student in Government, said yesterday...
...spokesman for the sub-committee refused to comment on the testimony but said that the bill would probably hit the House floor later this spring...
Note the phraseology of that Post comment. The reporter did not write "in the South" or even "in the former Confederacy" Without wishing to open a Pandora's Box by discussing the question of Southern identity in the late 20th century, one should note that in that phraseology lies the whole problem confronting a Southern candidate for the Presidency: a lingering sense of Southern separateness combines with an equally lingering suspicion, hostility, even prejudice against the South. The Jimmy Carter saga only heightened these tensions...