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Meanwhile, Clinton's own recollection today is different than it was less than a month ago, and the truly salient point is even more troubling. Clinton insists that the death of four of his friends in Vietnam caused him to question his own avoidance of the conflict he detested. "So I voluntarily submitted myself to the draft," says Clinton. That was in the fall of 1969, when the draft lottery was about to go into effect -- a mechanism that shortly had Clinton drawing No. 311, meaning there was virtually no chance that he would be called. Yet if Clinton...
First, the Salient has never in its history supported divestiture from South Africa. McDonald and Landry manufacture that story out of whole cloth. In fact, the Salient has been outspoken in it opposition to divestiture...
...Second, Salient editor Dianne Reeder '93 has criticized the tactics of some members of the prolife movement, but she has also been direct in her praise of their goals...
Third, McDonald and Landry dwell upon Salient staffer Jendi Reiter's recent support for gay rights, while conveniently ignoring Manuel Lopez's criticisms of homosexuality that appeared on the same page. McDonald and Landry practically wallow in distortion...
Peninsula may be ideologically correct; but by rejecting that code, by pursuing sensation rather than sense, their staffers have proven themselves to be no better--indeed, no different--than the '60s leftists that once ravaged this great University. Eric Reis '92 Editor emeritus,The Harvard Salient...