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...would have been highly inappropriate for Harvard to honor Paulin by allowing him to deliver the Morris Gray Lecture, which has been previously given by such Nobel Prize-winning luminaries as Seamus Heaney and Anthony Hecht. To let Paulin give a distinguished lecture at this University after expressing such an offensive and violent message would inevitably legitimize his hateful rhetoric...
...more than 100 students, faculty and alumni who complained about the English department’s choice were right—as was University President Lawrence H. Summers, who expressed his concerns about Paulin directly to members of the English department, according to the Boston Globe. A poet more than anyone should recognize the power of words. If Paulin is going to advocate killing civilians, whether Brooklyn-born Jewish settlers or ardent Palestinian nationalists, he should find no welcome at this University...
...censorship of Tom Paulin is an outrage. Paulin is internationally recognized as a leading poet and scholar, and silencing him undermines the spirit of free debate on which Harvard University is based. The English department should not have allowed itself to be bullied by special interests or President Summers, and students should revel in the debate sparked by controversial figures coming to speak on campus...
...Paulin should have come here to speak. We disagree strongly with his views, yet the best way to combat them is through constructive and mature debate. Alas, as the Staff opinion shows, the current climate on campus does not lend itself to the measured and thoughtful discussion which Paulin and his poetry both deserve and require...
University President Lawrence H. Summers corresponded with senior faculty members of the English department shortly before the department decided Tuesday to cancel a scheduled lecture by Tom Paulin, an award-winning Irish poet who has expressed anti-Israeli views...