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More pertinently, NCDAR's spokesman wrote to "PS" in order to elicit moral and financial support and to alert the profession concerning the disturbing implications of a case, that should it be lost, would have a decidedly "chilling effect" on academic freedom in universities throughout the country. Charles Stastny Research Associate
...APSA) has called my dismissal "a threat to the tenure system." In the interest of accuracy I will add that APSA conducted an investigation and that then the chair of the National Committee for the Defense of Academic Rights (NCDAR), Stanley Rothman, wrote his letter to APSA's journal, "PS." This followed President Garrity's notification by APSA concerning its conclusions, whereas the Crimson story can be misleading in suggesting that Rothman precipitated the APSA's statement...
...start-up accidents. At Pumping Station 8, 38 miles from Fairbanks, a pipeline leak led to an explosion that killed one worker and injured five others. Interior Department officials last week concluded that poor training and a mixed-up chain of command were the causes of the PS 8 tragedy. Said an investigator: "Three or four people did some really dumb things...
...PS. There's some raft race on the Charles this Saturday...George and the entire family will be participating in the competition...
Koch's theories of teaching seem sound enough. He believes in taking children seriously as poets, yet removing some of the aura of difficulty and remoteness surrounding poetry. He wants the atmosphere to be fun, would never assign 'homework.' From his experience at PS 61 he concluded that children enjoy writing poetry "because it provides welcome relief from required subjects." Because it is a group-activity it "belies self-consciousness or self-doubt." And he believes it to be "competitive in a mild and exhilarating way." Koch thinks that a teacher can overcome a child's fear of writing...