Word: discussing
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...unhappily linked in the public mind as "the media." They are at best wary colleagues: one gets all the glamour and pay, while the other does most of the grunt work. Last month the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla., brought the two sides together to discuss press credibility. There were a few sharp words. Miffed at the cracks about TV entertainment, Don Hewitt, producer of CBS's 60 Minutes, wondered about "all that junk"--advice columns, features, horoscopes--in newspapers. Eugene Patterson, a veteran newspaper editor who is chairman of the institute, phrased the charge against...
...Ghaida, whose parents are Palestinian, said she had hoped the recent uprisings would shed light on thePalestinian dilemma as "a real problem that has tobe confronted now," rather than a historicaldispute. She added that she had hoped the riotswould inspire various campus groups to discuss theissues, but instead, she said they will now "onlybe sending out fact sheets at each other...
...turn to a second aspect of the case. To be described as racially insensitive in a fairly public way without having a statement to which to respond, or the opportunity to discuss student concerns directly with them, is to be put in a difficult position. However, to the best of my knowledge, those students who sought guidance from the Advisory Committee on Race Relations have avoided public comment, presumably pending the opportunity to express their views to the faculty member That course of action seems to me judicious and fair. By proceeding in this manner, one minimizes the risks that...
...season for political activism quickly approaches, Harvard politicos have been warming up with a debate over Winthrop Professor of History Stephan Thernstrom and charges of his "racial insensitivity." The discussion has centered around whether Thernstrom's remarks are protected by the principle of academic freedom. But students and faculty have inexplicably failed to discuss the case's most important point: what it says about student-faculty relations in the Harvard community...
...serious answers. And even an unprecedented full-hour format does not ensure that candidates will deal with the issues, and not launch into tired campaign rhetoric. Kalb concedes that Sen. Al Gore Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.), for one, used the show more to present his image than to discuss policy. "Each one of them came up here to look the best he could, to sound the best he could," says Kalb. "A politician running for the presidency who did not take advantage of an hour of free time would be a fool...