Word: foxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dean of the College John B Fox Jr '59, after the May 2 blockade of a South African diplomat in Lowell House...
...Fox has told the activists that they must take responsibility for their actions and present their names to the administration: "If they remain anonymous, you can't honor their opinions." But, in an institutional sense, the University is doing the same thing. By using a body that is responsible only to itself, the University manages to inflict punishment while refusing to accept responsibility. How can you honor their opinions...
...headquarters of Harvard Governing Boards would have been glad to accept whatever punishment the Ad Board could have handed down. But the University has not shown the same guts by accepting full and public responsibility for its response. Students at the sit-in directly asked Dean Fox if he would demand their bursar's cards. For declined...
Third, and most important, is the issue of responsibility. While the University--and Dean of the College John B Fox Jr. '59 in particular--preaches about students taking responsibility for their actions, the University is unwilling to take responsibility for its actions. By including students on the committee the University can pretend that those disciplined were judged by the community as a whole and not by an administration trying to rid itself of young troublemakers. Moreover, it is not the place of students to pass judgement on their peers...
...clear that the University was ready and willing to use as much force as necessary to crush student protesters: Deans Fox and Epps and Vice President Steiner looked on, as police smashed through Hoppenstein was smuggled out through the food tunnels. It was appropriate for this racist rat to take the path of the rodents who frequent the tunnels...