Word: protestations
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...what the Kennedy School teaches. Therefore, conservative leaders have been invited to the School, and more and more of them have accepted these invitations." Kalb offers as an example his recruitment of retiring Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.)--whose speech at the forum last spring was greeted with student protest in opposition to the senator's crackdown on immigration--to teach a course in the spring...
Although most of the Aberdeen incidents occurred between July and September 1996, officials on base say they first became aware of the problems there in early September, when Private Jessica Bleckley complained that Staff Sergeant Nathanael Beach of the 143rd Battalion's Charlie Company had sexually assaulted her. Her protest unleashed a volley of other allegations, mostly involving Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson, a 12-year Army veteran. According to Army documents, he told a trainee, "If anyone finds out about me having sex with you, I'll kill you." In the wake of such threats, the Army decided to jail...
Perhaps most importantly, student public service programs need to be given adequate support from the administration. Public service, however, is important not so much for the sake of the students involved, but for the people in the outside community whom the various service programs help. When we protest the lack of support for public service, we must be careful that we are doing so not for the sake of student power, but out of genuine concern for the future of the programs...
This is not to say that all the minor problems of Harvard students should always be ignored. If we do not protest any of the perceived injustices against us, they will simply grow and multiply until we do have serious problems. We must strike a balance between fighting for every last amenity and recognizing that such amenities are, although sometimes deserved, often quite trivial. Easy changes should be pursued. Inconsistencies and sources of problems should be noted. Like students standing in a cold bog on a rainy day, we should make what minor adjustments we can to improve our living...
Coles started this story after asking us what drew us to Gen Ed. He mumbled something about us all wanting As, and knowing that we'll protest to our teaching fellows if we chance to get anything less. In the back row of my section in Sanders, I nodded to myself. I would love to say that I am one of those kids who actually signed up for Gen Ed for the reading list, and that I sit each in the front row of Sanders listening intently for each lecture. But I signed on for all the wrong reasons...