Word: disruptionism
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When President Harry S. Truman embarked on a desegregation of the army--not long after the Class of 1943 graduated from Harvard--Americans heard many of the same arguments we hear today in opposition to lifting the ban on gays. It would cause disruption. It would lead to fights. It...
The study of the ants which Adamson undertakes similarly functions as a disruption of the plot's family drama and provides a distraction from his feeling of imprisonment in the family. His entrapment is a comment on Victorian class structures, from which, through an unexpected twist of the plot, he...
Hill said that, at the present time, no actual disruption of the ceremonies is planned. "Having people lift their mortarboards with the stickers and chanting 'lift the ban' may be seen as disruptive by some," she said.
The letter "urge[s] that students be given a part in the formal process of choosing commencement speakers" and "asks...the administration to take every step possible to discourage and prevent any sort of disruption to this year's Commencement."
This is not to say Powell's visit should go unmarred by dissent. It is incumbent upon students who disagree with Powell to express their displeasure. But what must be avoided is the large-scale auditory disruption that was visited upon former President Bush when he spoke at the University...