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...Crimson mentioning any such protests exist. No Hillel "protest" of Foundation support for Noam Chomsky ever took place. As I member of the Foundation's Student Advisory Committee, I once asked a Foundation staff member about whether and why the Foundation had supported a political speaker, especially since the SAC, which distributes grant money, had never discussed or approved it. I did not "protest," not did I speak on behalf of Hillel. My question was about the political nature of Chomsky's talk, not about who brought him and why. As a general member of the SAC, I have repeatedly...
After their appearance at Sanders Theatre, I sent a letter to the SAC expressing Hillel's Chuck D and Conrad Mohammad. I argued that their appearance should not have been funded because in his speech Mohammad viciously attacked whites, Jews and women. Hillel argued that for the Foundation to sponsor an overt bigot (who bizarrely asserted that Jews are responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer) would be to blaspheme its mandate of "enhancing the quality of our common living...
Paradise--967 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Concussion Ensemble, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Cul De Sac on March 12. Del Fuegos on March...
...credit, SAC does suggest in its grant guidelines the submission of a "short biography...to help us better evaluate the project." But apparently this portion of the application, if included, rarely embarks upon anything more than the speaker's title and place of residence. In any case, if SAC members did have Muhammad's biography during their meeting, then they have exhibited even greater irresponsibility and insensitivity than if they had simply approved the Nation of Islam grant unaware of Muhammad's past...
Expecting such and individual to limit his comments to the contribution of rap music to culture is naive at best. Even if SAC had no clue of Muhammad's past racist comments, funding a Nation of Islam speaker does anything but follow the Foundation's motto to "enhance the quality of our common life...