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...forum had not lasted 20 minutes when a group of about 40 students participated in a very visible--and poorly planned--walk-out. As Charles Murray, the headliner of the forum and one of the book's co-authors, began his speech, this multiracial band of protesters stood up to leave and filed through the crowd until they hit a dead end at the front of the forum. There was an uneasy moment as Murray paused while the line members awkardly bumped together as in a cartoon rendition of a multi-car accident; only after a hurried consultation...
...interested to know just what these students meant to accomplish. Did they intend to change Murray's mind? To convince the audience that the book was untrue? To make any thoughtful point...
...Murray seemed unwilling to make any sort of response to his many distinguished critics--several of whom sat in the audience. Instead, he confined himself to a generalized reiteration of the book; a summation as exciting, and informative, as reading a copy of Cliff's Notes...
...reasoned and good-faith criticisms recently leveled against the book. Of late, the popular press has been filled with such articles. The self-described "Act II" for the evening--Gould--wrote an article which appeared in November's The New Yorker containing a number of critiques of the book. Murray admitted to having read the article, presumably months ago, yet inexplicably chose not to address any of Gould's points...
...first-year student at the College asked Murray why he has not explicitly answered his critics--pointing out that such is the duty of any responsible scholar. In a wry bit of irony Murray responded to this lucid question with a boldly irrelevant answer. In short, Murray ducked explicit as well as implicit demands to address his critics, preferring instead to repeat the assertions contained in his book...