Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Those fools that made a mess of our monument grounds are the rakes of the earth, and can only enjoy the freedom of dissent as long as there are other Americans willing to go anywhere in the world to defend that privilege...
...condemning student deferments--a decision still remembered with bitterness by many students. Stanley Hoffmann, professor of Government, has proposed that the University set up a student-Faculty-Administration committee to consider the issues of campus recruitment, the University's relation to the Vietnam war, and agreed-upon forms of dissent. This proposal, which will be taken up at the next Faculty meeting, could provide a refreshing first step toward the kind of dialogue over vital issues the University says it cherishes...
...demonstration was something new to Harvard: a form of civil disobedience directed not at the rules or at the University but at a symbol of an immoral and unwanted war. Vociferous protest raises very difficult questions of basic rights--the right of dissent, rights of free movement and speech. A balance between them is sometimes difficult to strike, and drawing the line is never something to be done lightly...
...wise for the University to provide a reasoned reaction of its own to civil disobedience. Its alternative is to forget its own rules, and to rely in the last instance on the Cambridge police. The University tends, as it should, to be far more tolerant of shrill dissent than society at large. Those who wish to defy laws and risk arrest to make their protest heard will not be deprived of the opportunity, either off campus or on. The University will still remain a haven for the freer expression of ideas...
...freedoms of this university of this country are reserved only to those on the "right" side of a given issue, then they don't seem to me to be worth very much. One would think that those who support the right of dissent against the policies of their government would be more aware of this. John F. Shelley...