Word: herrnsteins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Vietnam, Nixon's cosmetic overhaul of the killing process placated dissent and the outrage felt by most students as recently as the May 1970 Cambodia invasion quietly slipped into history. Even the Harvard chapter of SDS, long noted for its opposition to the war, turned inward with its anti-Herrnstein campaign. A November 6 antiwar march drew only 5000 people from the entire Boston area: Harvard students guzzled beer at the Princeton game played on the same...
...hesitant to discuss the takeover of Mass Hall, or any other of the "crises"--Herrnstein, SDS and its national convention at Harvard, the graduate students' demands for teaching fellows--which surfaced during his first year as President. He demurs when asked whether he would do anything differently, faced with the same situations again but drawing on the experience he has gained this year. The strong prospect is that he would...
Similarly, he puts off a statement on the Herrnstein issue until harassment has reached the point that the University community is almost united in its revulsion. Then, a statement is a safe and expedient move...
Many people refuse to believe that Bok could really have a moral stance on the Gulf issue because he delayed, he put off concrete action with promises of well-defined alternatives to divestiture at some unspecified future date. His Herrnstein statement, some say, was easy to make when he finally did. Graduate students criticize his lack of involvement with their scholarship demands, which they feel indicates a lack of concern...
Instead, Three Thirty Six presents what it calls "News Flashes" that summarily feature Daniel Ellsberg, Larry Dicara, B.F. Skinner (complete with University News Office photo), the New Hampshire Primaries, Richard Herrnstein, and Misha Petkavich. Along the way, Three Thirty Six reminds us that "Most of us cherish the idea of free will," that "New Hampshire voters like to be wooed," and that students "have given up protest because it is just not as much fun as blowing weed and making love." Darling, shall we join the action against the JFK Building tomorrow? Oh no, dearest, I'd much prefer...