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There was a 2-1 season-opening loss to a poor Rhode Island squad, a game in which the Crimson came out flat. Then there was a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Duke, which began as an evenly-matched contest but slowly degenerated into a blowout...
...newborn Strategic Offense Society, posing as the reactionary "Harvard Heritage Society," marched across the Lowell Lecture Hall classroom on Friday, September 22 in a mock chant: "Keep Harvard White! Keep Harvard Male! Keep Harvard Straight!" Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 was presented with a "David Duke Award for Teaching Excellence." Visiting Lecturer on Government George F. Will was the recipient of the "Heinrich Himmler Award for Social Vision...
...staff focuses on the sensational nature of the SOS protest but ignores their most substantive action--handing out fliers which featured some of Prof. Mansfield's more ridiculous quotes. Mansfield's comments prove that he does not deserve the David Duke Award for Teaching Excellence. His unsubstantiated and ill-concieved theories about Black students are more in the tradition of the late Professor Richard Herrnstein...
Even a first-class temperament, however, is not a sure predictor of a successful presidency. According to Duke University political scientist James David Barber, the most perfect blend of intellect and warmth of personality in a Chief Executive was the brilliant Thomas Jefferson, who "knew the importance of communication and empathy. He never lost the common touch." Richard Ellis, a professor of politics at Oregon's Willamette University who is skeptical of the whole EQ theory, cites two 19th century Presidents who did not fit the mold. "Martin Van Buren was well adjusted, balanced, empathetic and persuasive...
...students barged in with their witty signs in facetious support of Mansfield's supposedly bigoted opinions. They offered Mansfield the "David Duke Award" and Will the "Heinrich Himmler Award," revealing their stupidity to all present. Yeah, Heinrich Himmler. That's pretty darn funny. I guess Will's conservatism has a lot in common with that of the Nazi murderer. And Mansfield has offended most of the liberal constituencies at Harvard. I guess he must be a card-carrying member of the Ku Klux Klan. Pretty funny...