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...dogma engenders, including calls for universities to hire only “apolitical” faculty members. In reality, many conservative hawks who support such measures, including the notorious David Horowitz, are precisely the sources of the political radicalism they publicly decry—only on the far right. Horowitz??s stated intention, to “teach students how to think, not what to think,” is a laudable one—yet his sponsoring of such “truth-revealing” (which are ultimately more like hate-spreading) conferences like Islamo-Fascism...
...Though Horowitz??s interest in extraterrestrial life began in his undergraduate years, it wasn’t until 1983 that he was able to tangibly bring that interest back to Harvard...
...Horowitz??s research began in the late 70s, when Frank Drake, the founder of modern SETI, helped Horowitz obtain funding to do SETI research in Puerto Rico. Not long after, Horowitz went to the West Coast, partially at the behest of NASA, and developed his own project: Suitcase SETI...
...Muslim world to World War II-era fascist Europe, Islamo-Fascism Awareness week sought to equate the sort of negotiation and compromise on which Annapolis must be built with the accommodation of genocidists, a strategy that renders long-term peace all but unachievable.Although Harvard did not participate directly in Horowitz??s project—though former senator Rick Santorum did come to speak on the topic of Islamist extremism—the campaign remains frightening for what it speaks of today’s new brand of campus activism, at Harvard and elsewhere. Centered on criticism without attempting...
...conservatives on college campuses across the country, was met with resistance by Harvard students. While Islamic students took reactive measures, Harvard’s right-wing groups showed little interest in supporting the controversial campaign. Islamo-Fascism awareness events—sponsored and organized by conservative pundit David Horowitz??s Freedom Center—were held at over 200 colleges, including Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia. But the controversial week did not receive promotion from any group at Harvard. Harvard Republican Club President Jeffrey Kwong ’09 said Horowitz??s center had solicited the club...