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...Sahil K. Mahtani??s column titled “The University Is a Drama Queen” (December 1) provides a refreshing perspective on the military’s relation to Harvard—or lack thereof. Like Mahtani, I certainly object to the military’s discriminatory policies and agree that they need reform, but breaking all ties with our nation’s system of defense is not the answer. It is much easier to change an organization from the inside out. If Harvard is not producing any substantial number of military recruits, then...
...system of general education at Harvard is curtailed by limited incentives. Professors tend to research, and students tend towards those activities which emphasize relevance and applicability. Put both in a room and every class is like the eternal recurrence of an awkward first date. I put before you Mahtani??s Law of General Education: “Any Core class, keeping the same professors, syllabus, and TF, would be better if formulated as a non-Core class...
...don’t intend to defend every part of Mahtani??s argument. I’m not sure that Dewey is really as inane as his comments—as captured by Mahtani??made him seem. In the past, I thought of Dewey as more of a moderate thinker than many others from his side of the aisle. But that’s not the point. Those who were scandalized by Mahtani??s bluntness need to take a look at their own arguments and ask themselves why, exactly, they were so shocked...
...most common argument I’ve heard against Mahtani??s comment simply doesn’t hold water. Everybody I’ve talked to agrees: Mahtani may be right, but he should have stuck to critiquing Dewey’s ideas rather than resorting to ad hominem attacks. But they have it wrong; Mahtani??s criticism wasn’t an ad hominem attack. It was based entirely on beliefs that Dewey has publicly advocated. Mahtani just pointed out that Dewey’s public comments are radical, misguided and a bit nuts. This...
Those who were offended by Mahtani??s comment generally agree that it’s okay for Democrats to criticize President Bush—or even Ken Mehlman, Dewey’s equivalent on the national stage—but they feel that such criticism is off limits when it comes to our fellow students. Unfortunately, when Harvard undergraduates publicly air ignorant and offensive beliefs, we tend to give them far more slack than they deserve. For some of us, it appears, loyalty to Harvard comes before responsibility to the broader community. Dewey attacked the queer community...