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...move towards increased administrative unity could continue, especially if the third floor of the physical Phillips Brooks House, which had been seized by the FAS for their own office space, could be once again used for public service to house the individuals and programs formerly at OPS. In this manner, a lengthy and time-consuming search process would not be necessary--and the individuals who had increased volunteer involvement from 200 to 2,000 would not be forced to reapply for their jobs...
...true that free speech may be used in a manner which may ultimately lead to harm to society. But the speech and harm are distinct. American democracy's shining beacon has been the tolerance of views that many consider abhorrent and dangerous. Communists may freely run for office. Nazis may march through a city with a large Jewish population. The Klan may advocate the repeal of civil rights statutes. Anything else is thought control. At the heart of the First Amendment is the belief that, except in the rare circumstances when speech will demonstrably cause immediate physical harm...
...proposal recommending a Civil War memorial including the names of Confederate soldiers disturbs us on both philosophical and practical counts. We believe that the idea of memorializing Confederate soldiers represents a troubling historical amnesia. The proposal was tabled by the Board of Overseers, but we remain concerned about the manner in which the HAA committee considered this issue...
...moral leader around the globe, it is imperative that Harvard act in a unifying manner, not just preach it. After all, these same alumni are Americans who have millions of post-Civil War era descendants that have led or lead noble lives helping others. Harvard should embrace the future and not allow the long gone past, or those who still live in it, to hold back progress...
...often as interesting for what they forecast as what they express. Working in the 30s. Mary Ellen Bute was one of the first to use electronic imagery in film. The spinning, dancing line of her "Mood Contrasts" (1953) seems to embody the music which propels it in a manner reminiscent of the pulsing equalizers which inhabit so many videos. Bute especially wanted to make music visual, to give, as she states in "Rhythm and Light," "a modern artist's impression of what goes on in the mind while listening to music." Bute's witty use of color and shape...