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...Board later issued a state- ment urging "that there be new attempts to havediscussions between students, faculty andadministrators to delineate more clearly theprotections which must be given to the rights ofspeakers and the rights of protest and dissent...
...Korea and elsewhere have ended a period of relative quiet on many campuses. While student complaints and causes are hardly identical, they are similar enough to reveal at least some common threads: dissatisfaction with government policies on access to higher education, on economic opportunity and on the right to dissent...
...criticism now is a standard for behavior and not a tool of punishment. There have been cases when sycophantic bosses, to curry favor, punished underlings who objected to some aspect of the campaign for restructuring our economy -- and those bosses were in turn severely chastised for attempting to silence dissent...
...totalitarian regime has its brutal side (storm troopers set farmhouses on fire and destroy exile camps to stifle dissent; a rebellious teen is caught and brainwashed). But for the most part, the melodrama is muted, the mood somber and contemplative, the complexities rich. A KGB colonel (Sam Neill) turns out to be one of the movie's most articulate and charming characters. And, despite the anti-Communist theme, the film is a subtle refutation of Reagan-era optimism. These Americans, after all, are not can-do patriots but meek, dispirited folks who simply want to get along. "Just surviving," says...
...divestment alumni, prominent businessmen and educators themselves, represent a movement to establish a tradition of dissent. They will help to open the board to public eye, and play a role in revitalizing and broadening its powers to include regular review of financial policies. This year's election should not repeat past popularity contests but instead begin the mammoth task of democratizing and scrutinizing the administration of Harvard...