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...abuses of harassment complaints cannot be dismissed entirely, to regard such a threat as the rule, not the exception, is absurd. Last fall's survey indicated that even students or faculty members who had suffered egregious harassment tended to be reluctant to report the incidents. Clearly the University's foremost concern must be to encourage reporting--not to discourage...
...called special interests, but what does that mean? He has accepted endorsements by organized labor, teachers and womens groups, prominent minorities, and party leaders--backing any one of his opponents would have taken at a moment's notice. These are not ill-gotten friends--they are among the foremost groups being assaulted by Reagan, and Mondale should be proud for their support...
Turning to Mr. Lagon's call for "balanced" teaching, it must be seen first and foremost as an assault on academic freedom. In the future, Mr. Lagon would not have professors present opinions and interpretations that they honestly believe are true; instead, they would have to strive for "balance." Of course, "balance" has a certain seductive charm, for it seems inherently fair--but this allure dissipates as soon as one begins seriously to ask what "balance" means on the practical level or who is to judge when it has been achieved...
...already been subtly put, money was all the word at this conference. Workshops on money and marketing were the best attended and, to all but one speaker, the foremost advice was to find a rich partner. "Have a rich Aunt Susie," advised a banker, a venture capitalist. "Let me tell you there is no better source of capital than being born into the right family, nothing better...
Much of the credit for the team's success must go to Coach Dave Fish, considered one of the country's foremost authorities on squash, and only the third coach the Harvard men's squash team has ever...