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Yale's A Bartlett Giamatti, by contrast, has never been a a joke. He's a pure and simple fan--an inveterate Red Sox (and Yale, of course) booster Upon announcement of his appointment in 1977, he joked All lever wanted to be president of was the American League...
...while Bok and Giamatti have such different athletic backgrounds at least as far as athletics at their respective institutions go, the two presidents are philosophical teammates. In an intercollegiate sports world increasingly taught with scandal and money woes they seem almost naive. They support the time honored cliche that although college sports can plat an important role academics should always come first...
...does Giamatti wish to undermine support to Solidarity a cause which he must certainly condone. He Did not forbid the club from singing Solidarity's song, but merely from participating in the Voice of America broadcast. Yale University he told the Associated Press, would not "become part of anyone's propaganda...
...program to be aired internationally, in a sort of cold war battle over the airwaves--the kind of show that portrays the evils of communism and the righteous causes of the good old USA. While the voices of campus groups ought never to be silenced or censored. Giamatti is right not to drag the name of a diverse liberal university into that particular realm of international politics...
...Veritas," it says on the seal of Yale University. "Light and Truth." By taking a seemingly uncharacteristic position, Giamatti reminds us that a university must not only lend its support to worthy issues, but also show concern for the way that support will be used...