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...Moynihan has certainly "taken something away" from my education, if not that of the Soc Sci 115 student quoted by The Crimson...
Near the beginning of this school year I applied to Moynihan's graduate seminar, Ethnicity in Politics. I had more enthusiasm for the course than had the senatorial candidate, it now appears...
...first day of the course, a Tuesday, Mr. Moynihan did not arrive because, said an assistant, "pains in the Professor's neck" precluded air travel. An extra Wednesday session was scheduled for those who were free, which a poll revealed to be less than half of the people present. All were to submit three-page applications for admission...
...maintains that Moynihan's activities are in accord with University policy. There is a precedent for Moynihan's behavior. In Massachusett's Senate contest of 1962, two professors, Republican George Cabot Lodge '50 and peace candidate H. Stuart Hughes, ran against each other for a seat eventually won by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.). Lodge resigned from the faculty, but Hughes continued to teach while he campaigned...
However, Gordon cites more recent precedents in his argument that Moynihan's activities are inappropriate. Specifically, he points to the University of South Carolina, which this year required a faculty member to take a leave of absence while campaigning for office...