Word: hoppenstein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Certainly, student threats to shut the bewildered diplomat in Lowell House till midnight were excessive and unnecessary, but no more so than the Conservative Club's initial invitation to Hoppenstein to come to a wine-and-cheese reception. In the midst of heightened tensions over Harvard's $580 million in South Africa-related investments, the Conservative Club's move amounted to little more than bald and cynical provocation...
...Club easily could have sponsored a forum open to those somewhat more ready than the Conservative Club to confront Hoppenstein with the brutal regime he represents. And if the group really intended to hold such an event for which admission would got need to be limited, it should have chosen a larger place...
This line was crossed last Thursday, when 200 apartheid protesters prevented South African Consul General of New York Abe S. Hoppenstein from leaving a speaking engagement with the Harvard Conservative Club, protesters injured club members as well as bystanders, blocked a police car, physically car waiting to escort the speakers form the premises...
...public and private figures, regardless of political views, have the rights to free speech and free movement. The protesters clearly infringed upon Hoppenstein's right to free movement. His right of free speech was disrupted by violent hecklers outside the building. In addition, because the right to leave a speaking engagement is inherent in the right to speak freely, his liberties were further abridged...
...addition to breaking the law forcibly, the protesters also did a disservice to their own cause. By blockading Hoppenstein's visit, they distracted attention from a potentially effective non-violent teach-out in front of Lamont Library. Many of the scheduled events of the teach-out were cancelled, and those that were held attracted only a small audience...