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...unfortunate that those who oppose Harvard's membership in the NSA base their opposition on NSA's concern with "political questions not relevant to student government." The argument is spurious in the first place because political questions may affect students as well as any other group in society. As Marc J. Roberts '64, chairman of the National Executive Committee of the NSA, has explained, "The purpose of the NSA is not to dabble in politics, but to get students to think and act about issues which affect them." Policies such as the NSA's call for the abolition...
...argument against political questions is especially unfortunate because it reflects an attitude that the NSA and Harvard are--and should be--trying to overcome. In comparison to students in other countries, American students have shown little concern for social and political issues. Such an attitude can hardly be viewed as healthy for the future development of American democracy. Rather than narrow the range of issues which affect "students in their role as students," the NSA should further the discussion of political questions...
...HCUA has no cause to think that its "non-political" nature should prevent it from acting as the agency for Harvard's affiliation with the NSA. The positions and activities of NSA cannot be linked to either the HCUA or to Harvard, for the NSA Congress does not record a school's vote on a given issue unless a school specifically asks that its vote be registered. The old Student Council was not killed because of its involvement with a political NSA, but because it was riven by its own peculiar brand of internal, personal politics. Finally, if the HCUA...
...HCUA ought to think long and hard on the problem of choosing the College's delegation to the National Student Congress. Election of delegates by the College at large might be an exercise in democracy, but lack of student interest in the NSA would probably make such an election a popularity contest and a farce. Although the problem of finding an adequate method of selecting delegates warrants further study by the Council, the present system should be maintained until a better one is found. Past Councils have usually succeeded in choosing qualified delegations from the candidates interested enough to submit...
...NSA certainly has its faults. It has failed to communicate its concerns to the individual student on most campuses, and the Association suffers inevitably from inexperience and rapid turn-over in leadership. But NSA has undoubtedly accomplished a great deal in international relations and in civil rights; its greatest challenge remains the educational one. Harvard should contribute its unique resources to the NSA's continuing campaign for student awareness, a campaign which will benefit not only the University, but the whole nation...