Word: functional
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Allowing the officers of the Society to continue to function as an Executive Committee of the Board, but adding one student board member to that committee. He would be elected by the other student directors...
...University Should Mind Its Own Business." Adam Ulam, professor of Government, deplores the meddling of the university in political and social issues. He also regrets the rapid expansion of higher education, making the ivory tower resemble the Tower of Babel. A return is urged to "the essential function of the colleges and universities, that of teaching and propagating learning...
...restricts this function too narrowly. In propagating learning, the university also asserts allegiance to a set of universal ideas which aim to benefit all mankind. If this allegiance conflicts with the specific goals of a particular society, political tension naturally results between the university and society. To take the obvious example: the university (radicals and college presidents together) is usually regarded by the Nixon Administration as the focus of domestic opposition to the Vietnam War. This opposition has had some effect in reshaping policy and seems worth maintaining...
...have scored a number of impressive successes. The terrorists who held Elbrick managed in one stroke to embarrass the Brazilian government, set free 15 political prisoners, and seriously impair Elbrick's effectiveness. Indebted to the military regime for securing his release, the ambassador may find it impossible to function as an independent observer in Brazil...
...here and now, severance is a heinous punishment. The university should grant amnesty at this time because its function never was to punish. And these are extraordinary times, when we cannot reject members of our community. We will just have to get along with one another...