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...Kate Mansfield...
...sake of argument, we'll naively take the protesters' statement at face value. Insofar as Professor Mansfield and George Will are defenders of conservative retraction, one in academia--the other in the press--they are the natural targets for these leftists' anxiety. But to ascribe to Mansfield the hateful mission of the Ku Klux Klan and to Will the extermination policies of Nazi Germany steps over the line of humorous hyperbole...
...Many of us are familiar with the sight of students streaking through lectures or final club punchees dragging kegs through classrooms. We believe that the choice to pursue disciplinary action against such pranksters should be left up to the professors whose rights have been infringed upon. In this instance, Mansfield made an effort to seek out Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and bring these events to his attention. We think disciplinary action in this case is entirely justified. Furthermore, the political nature of this disruption makes it a direct attack on the perceived content of the class...
...staff focuses on the sensational nature of the SOS protest but ignores their most substantive action--handing out fliers which featured some of Prof. Mansfield's more ridiculous quotes. Mansfield's comments prove that he does not deserve the David Duke Award for Teaching Excellence. His unsubstantiated and ill-concieved theories about Black students are more in the tradition of the late Professor Richard Herrnstein...
Like Prof. Mansfield, George Will's writings and teachings are also filled with inconsistencies. Instead of complaining about SOS, the staff should devote itself to exposing the fraudulent politics of this reactionary pair...