Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following the protest the participants endorsed a statement that read in part...
...community like this, protest is unavoidable and often commendable--but not when it interferes with a guest's freedom to express his views. The protestors were free to ignore this principle, and they did. Now they should accept responsibility for their actions; doing so, despite the majority's confused view, is a requisite of civil disobedience. The idea that University administrators are to blame for not taking the offensive and actively securing Kent-Brown's right to speak is ludicrous. As members of the Ad Board hear cases stemming from the protest, they should reflect upon their obligation to defend...
...years, students charged that the CRR was a University tool created to squelch political protest on campus. Students have traditionally boycotted the controversial body...
...speech and movement for all visitors, no matter how controversial the visitors' views. But at times proponents of these high-minded principles fail to consider individual situations in a practical and reasonable manner. Citing the necessity of maintaining basic freedoms at an academic institution, many people have condemned protesters for blocking two to three exits of the Science Center auditorium in which Duke Kent-Brown, a South African diplomat, appeared last month. But those who employ such rhetoric to criticize the protesters tend to ignore the legitimate and laudable efforts by protest groups to publicize their views. The community might...
Without minimizing the importance of protecting the right of free speech and movement, this community has experienced enough protest activity to realize that more is at stake. For instance, while everyone has the right to speak, should everyone have the right to speak without difficulty or voiced opposition? University principles dictate that students should not make visitors their prisoners, no matter how unpopular the visitors' views. But should every visitor have the right to move anywhere and everywhere like an honored guest? And, perhaps most importantly, who should enforce these rights and how and when should they be enforced...