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...based on their professional or political opinions. The issue first surfaced in 1971-72, Bok's first full academic year as president. At that time, a number of students--mostly members of the now-defunct Students for a Democratic Society--interrupted several of Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein's lectures. They were protesting what they called his racist views because of an article he had written which concluded that a significant measure of intelligence is inherited. When the issue came to a head that spring. Bok defended Herrnstein's right to his opinion, saying, "I consider such personal...
...difficult as defining a University policy on free speech will be establishing procedures for disciplining students who do infringe on speakers rights. In 1972, Herrnstein filed a complaint against the students under existing University guidelines--which are still in force--but the cases were eventually dropped when the panel investigating the incidents remained deadlocked...
...Today Herrnstein says "There is a hush in the room when I talk about race related issues, but I'm not as aware of students' anger in this matter as in the past. In fact, one of the biggest compliments I get is on how I handle those issues. Students appreciate that I tackle the controversies." But he adds that he still stands behind his conclusions and that the article was blown out of proportion...
Fewer complaints that expected was not the case in the Spring of 1972, however. In September 1971. Herrnstein published an article in Atlantic Monthly magazine that provoked many protests the following spring by the Students for Democratic Society (SDS) and the Undergraduate Action Group (UAG). The article said that assuming that variations of IQ are determined by genetic variations and that success in society and rising to the top of the hierarchy depends on IQ, then one can conclude, says Herrnstein, that the more one removes artificial social barriers to success then the more getting to the top depends...
...said Herrnstein was "propagating racist theories on intelligence and unemployment" and the following months saw protests and pickets...