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First, there are some very simple facts which anyone writing about the conference should have gotten straight. MIT, a school which the article says was represented at the conference, was in fact not there. The name of the conference, which was printed on the cover of the conference's booklet, was the "Intercollegiate Conference," not, as the article states, the "Little 11" conference. Twenty-three Harvard-Radcliffe students went down to Philadelphia, not 20 as the article states. According to the article, the University of Pennsylvania has "student trustees"; actually, they don't (though perhaps the article was referring...
...Harvard, extensive ties were in fact formed. Seven Student Assembly members (including Fried himself) went to the conference, and the Assembly contributed $200. RUS contributed $200 and its incoming secretary and outgoing president attended the conference. Three ERG members were involved. Many other organizations (AAA, BSA, La Raza, Freshman Task Force, CHUL, Crimson Key, E4A to name a few) were contacted and contributed members and/or information. Actually, Harvard and the other schools are in a very good position to "implement the conference's policies...
Fried also says that "the conference might have worked as a giant workshop." In fact, if he had checked with members of committees other than the one he was on, he would have found that these committees did in reality run in the manner he suggested. We, as delegated on other committees confirm this; his impression is ungrounded in fact...
...fundamental point puts the whole article in perspective: when a paper prints a long opinion piece but very little in the way of news, the paper puts the uninformed or casual reader in the position of having to accept opinion for fact. This problem is especially salient in this case since Fried's opinions were based on "facts" which he never corroborated. Further, his own opinion is not given any perspective because the article fails to mention that he was a delegate to the conference. To create this kind of a situation is, we think, irresponsible journalism on the part...
Since the article was written, the Harvard delegates have in fact met three times. Fine. Hopefully these meetings will accomplish something...