Word: fainsod
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard administration responded by calling the symbolic presence an infringement on democratic rights. After disciplining the wayward demonstrators, the administration established the Fainsod Committee to investigate the issue raised by Paine Hall. What was the issue? By now, it should come as no surprise. Of course the Fainsod Committee will look at student power, not imperialism...
...FAINSOD Committee is an attempt to deal with the concept of student power in a procedural rather than a political context. "Student power" and "student power for what?" have been separated in a calculated manner. The former's isolation forfeits its radical potential. Student power to eliminate ROTC is valid. Student power to administrate ROTC is democratic direction of coercive force. The recent action of the Corporation proves that until the basic structure of Harvard is altered, students power can never be anything more than the latter. The Corporation simply will not allow ROTC to leave. There...
...optive nature of the Fainsod Committee is more explicit if one accepts, for the moment, the procedural validity of student power, per se. A review of the Committee's development thus far reveals that it is not an honest step in this direction; moreover it was never intended...
These student members, such as they are, will almost surely be further manipulated by the Fainsod Committee. The Committee's instructions give advanced warning: students will be allowed to attend "selected meetings" only...
Most important, however, are the Fainsod Committee's instructions to study only Faculty decision-making. This assignment assures the Committee's ultimate triviality. Education is the only significant area over which the Faculty has control. One can assume that the Fainsod Committee won't get near the delicate area of Departmental control over education...