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...midterm national elections will be a barometer for determining which political party is gaining control, Boston Globe columnist John Ellis said yesterday during a discussion at the Institute of Politics (IOP...
...talk, given as part of the IOP Afternoon Discussion Series, the former NBC producer gave impressions and predictions for the 1994 elections and beyond...
...IOP forum discussion about the police on May 2, police chief Paul E. Johnson repeatedly referred to statistics--the numbers of buildings, students and police officers at Harvard--when the real issue was police conduct. He argued that his department's problem was mainly one of perception, blaming the media and suspects who are stopped by the police for confusing proper police procedure with racism...
...ease tensions between Blacks and police and ensure fair treatment for all students, the police need to acknowledge their part in creating the rift between them and the Black community. The IOP forum discussion was a small step in the right direction. But police must do more then talk. They must convince Blacks through professional behavior that they will no longer be treated as second-class students...
Such blind advocacy of "free speech" is not limited to Howard. At Harvard, the Institute of Politics (IOP) two years ago extended an invitation to Louisiana-based bigot David Duke as part of a series of addresses by presidential candidates. At the time, IOP student leaders argued that they were forced out of fairness to invite Duke because they had invited all the other candidates to speak. Fortunately, Duke rejected the invitation...