Word: illingworth
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...Concert Commission (HCC) was about to succeed at finally bringing a big name musical group to Bright Hockey Arena, the administration threw a wrench in the process. In an e-mail to Undergraduate Council President Sujean S. Lee ’03, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth expressed concern that the HCC pick, OutKast, might not be an appropriate group for an on-campus concert. “[Coordinator of Student Activities] Susan Cooke and [Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations] Jeremy Gibson have done a little research on OutKast,” Illingworth wrote...
...sorry, Dean Illingworth, are you for real...
Indeed, had Illingworth taken the time to look up the Rosa Parks lawsuit he would have found that the judgement in the case contradicts the very argument he was trying to make to the HCC. In the course of rejecting Parks’ claims against OutKast, the judgement heavily endorses the First Amendment right to free expression stating, “It is fundamental that courts may not muffle expression by passing judgement on its skill or clumsiness, its sensitivity or coarseness, nor whether it pains or pleases.” The same claim can, and should, be made about...
...decades ago, yet the spirit of the College acting in loco parentis—in the place of parents—apparently lives to this day. When the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) presented Outkast as the top possibility for a May concert, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth ’71 suggested a different band, saying the hip-hop group’s language “may not be acceptable for many audiences...
...think overall the caution Dean Illingworth has shown has been completely justified. For a university these concerts are not a small deal,” Lee said. “When you select an artist, you don’t want an artist that is offensive or inappropriate.... The concert commission is going to assure him that Outkast is a quality performer...