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Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53, at last week's protest, was quoted in The Crimson as saying "I was disguested by moronic Harvard students chanting political slogans" (News, March 10). I understand that Mansfield did not value the message that I, along with hundreds of other students and workers communicated to the assembled faculty and administrators on Tuesday. I did not, however, appreciate being called a moron...
...opinion, violent crime merits vigorous protest. Professor Wisse argues that a "hushed vigil" would have been more appropriate than the "self righteous...[and] thuggish" protests which took place around University Hall. What about our constitutional right to assembly? Harvard may be called an "ivory tower," but the laws of the land still apply within its gates. What she deems "political hysteria" is perhaps well-deserved outrage at an administration which has done too little, too late to deal with the issue of sexual assault on campus...
Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53, at last week's protest, was quoted in The Crimson as saying "I was disgusted by moronic Harvard students chanting political slogans" (News, March 10). I understand that Mansfield did not value the message that I, along with hundreds of other students and workers communicated to the assembled faculty and administrators on Tuesday. I did not, however, appreciate being called a moron...
After a similar protest several weeks ago at Princeton, Vice President Robert Durkee told demonstrators that the administration agreed with the principles behind the rally and anticipated that most of the protestors' demands would be met, although he provided no timetable for change...
...wrong. I applaud both the method and spirit of protest promulgated by the Living Wage Campaign. But the fight against the administration for higher wages for both sub-contracted and regular Harvard employees is really a matter of principle. For once, we have shed our solipsistic crimson-colored sunglasses and moved beyond an issue of personal concern. Rather than frozen yogurt in houses and booze at house formals, we have awakened to the fact that what Harvard really lacks are the virtuous ideals conveyed by its emblem, Veritas. The notions of fairness and equality (among workers wages) as well...