Word: mansfield
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...much easier to relax and let someone else carry the ball," Mansfield says. "It would be nice for every student to ask a question at least once during a course...
...protest went insidiously overlooked by media coverage. outside of the classroom, we distributed an educational flyer which outlined our position and the reasons for it--using quotations from Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfied '53 as the appeared in The Crimson. In the flyer, we noted that Mansfield believes that blacks cause grade inflation and that their presence at Harvard is dubious. One might argue that Mansfield's comments about blacks render him unfit to teach, since his biases would prevent him from treating black students fairly or humanely. Mansfield's comments do not offer dialogue with black students...
...leave, we would have. As Harvard students during shopping period, it was our right to attend classes and comment on them. We did not at any point take over the podium or shout over professorial objections. The form our action took was dictated by t he wishes of Mansfield and Visiting Lecturer George F. Will, who have asked that academic debates be conducted with greater levity. Both have stated that they ought to be able to tell jokes about blacks and gays. It seems hypocritical that these jokesters are upset at being given mock awards and "complimented" for their wonderful...
...fact, as soon as we left, Mansfield said to Will, "At least you don't have to teach at a university filled with feminists and quacks," showing that he is more interested in insults than dialogue...
Additionally, Harvey Mansfield feels that gays undermine civilization. In our flyer, we offered the following version of that sentiment: "---- eventually undermine Civilization!" We hope this exercise speaks for itself...