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...cloak of academic freedom in which so many in the Harvard community seek to conceal their real feelings in the continuing debate as to whether Professor Richard Herrnstein's writings on "I.Q." are racist, was inadvertently pierced last week by Psychology Department chairman, Edwin Newman. According to the March 10 Crimson, Newman refused to give a definite answer as to whether he personally thinks blacks are inferior because "all the facts aren...
...have watched with detached interest as student groups like SDS and UAG evidence willingness to risk expulsion and possible prison in bold--and likely futile--efforts to convince the world (and perhaps themselves) that white Americans are not as insensitive to the centuries of white racist oppression as Herrnstein's writings suggest...
Both defendants said yesterday that they plan to attack the charges made by Herrnstein and Whitlock "on the basis of discrepancies of the factual evidence" and to question "the political nature of the hearings...
...Herrnstein said yesterday. "I would not want my hearing to be any different from those in the past." He added that he saw "no basis for change...
...most pernicious argument brought up by the Administration was Dean Dunlop's threat that continuation of protests against Richard J. Herrnstein, professor of Psychology, might mean a denial of a convention permit. The use of the University's administrative functions for blackmailing a group into changing policies is a precedent with dangerous ramifications. To be consistent with its own pronouncements, the Administration should be able to enforce its rules with the apparatus it has set up to do so: the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities. Happily, the Administration has let the threat lie, without further mention or efforts to enforce...