Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard administration seems to want either speech without disruption or no speech at all. But paradoxically, this ivory tower attitude has become a major obstacle to freedom of speech on campus. Not only are speakers prevented from finishing, but protestors are often prevented from excercising their right to protest. Worse still, the administration blames these speech endings on student protestors rather than accepting the responsibility itself...
...audience of 350 conservatives and press people was not going to riot. Even the remote possibility that another 20 Laubs were out there should not have daunted the Harvard Police. The only hindrance to the continuation of Calero's speech was Harvard's sqeamishness in the face of physical protest...
...University doesn't want to suffer the indignity of dealing physically with an audience. Harvard officials are reluctant to admit that anyone would want to protest physically. They would like all protest in writing and obviously cannot grapple with protest that goes beyond the scope of academia into the realm of heated emotion...
...University invites highly controversial speakers who provoke physical reactions--both violent and non-violent--in some people. If Harvard seriously wants to protect the "rights" of such speakers on campus, it should do so by responding to violence with force and to non-violent protest with negotiation. A speech should not be cancelled until the Harvard Police--or the speaker himself--begin to fear for the safety of the speaker...
...organizers of the protest originally hadcalled on the IOP to rescind its invitation toCarr, but they withdrew that demand after meetingwith student and staff representatives responsiblefor the study groups, said Mark A. Merante '88,the president of Perspective, Harvard's liberalmonthly journal...