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...ONLY Tocqueville could have been there. The 19th century French theorist who warned against excessive democracy would have marveled at the spectacle of consumer rights advocate Ralph Nader leading some 200 Harvard students in a rally for more openness and inclusion in the University's presidential selection process...
America's love affair with democracy, which Tocqueville so brilliantly critiqued years ago, is still alive in its very birthplace. Just a block from where General Washington once marshaled colonial forces against King George III, General Nader was assembling a predictable cadre of student activists in revolt against the tyrannical rule of President Bok. Tories, beware...
...Nader assailed students for not fighting an administration that has "tipped too far into the authoritarian and mercantile arena...
...problem with you as Harvard students is that you are too comfortable," said Nader. Instead, he said, a Harvard education should be "an imperative for moral leadership. You've got to break that vise of authoritarian control over the University. They'll be proud of you later...
...protest was organized by the Nader-sponsored group, Harvard Watch, which issued a report this fall showing that Harvard's selection process is more closed than those at the vast majority of other schools. Another Harvard Watch study described the extensive corporate ties of members of the presidential search committee...