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...reforms pass an entire Faculty vote, the first class to be affected would be the class of 1989, Herrnstein added...
...Strong arguments could be made both for and against it," Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein said to the 150 faculty members at yesterday's meeting, presenting the motion on behalf of the Faculty Council...
...Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein, whose arguments that intelligence is genetically determined prompted students in the early '70s to label him racist and repeatedly shout him down in class, says that while he thinks "the letter is good . . . the University is pretty feeble in its efforts to protect free speech." On a day-to-day basis, free speech is not threatened, says Herrnstein, who recalls that he had to call in Cambridge and Harvard Police to try to keep order in his classroom. But in the controversial cases that put the ideal of free speech to the test...
Exactly what the University should do is unclear and most seem to be waiting for clear direction from Bok. Some, like Herrnstein, call for strict written guidelines which will make it easy for the University to swiftly punish offenders. But others, like Vice President of Government, Community and Public Affairs John H. Shattuck, warn against overly specific regulations which might force the University into an awkward position. People like Shattuck and Owens favor broader statements, in the vein of the Constitution, which would give the University more flexibility in handling future incidents...
...harassment. Heckling crowds disrupted the classes of, and sometimes followed around the campus, George D. Markham Professor of Government Edward C. Banfield, who had criticized Great Society welfare programs in the ghettoes; Huntington, who had advised the government on Vietnam; and particularly Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein, Herrnstein had written that genetic factors contributed to intelligence more than environment, and although he never mentioned race in his articles, he was branded a racist by campus groups...