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Fewer complaints that expected was not the case in the Spring of 1972, however. In September 1971. Herrnstein published an article in Atlantic Monthly magazine that provoked many protests the following spring by the Students for Democratic Society (SDS) and the Undergraduate Action Group (UAG). The article said that assuming that variations of IQ are determined by genetic variations and that success in society and rising to the top of the hierarchy depends on IQ, then one can conclude, says Herrnstein, that the more one removes artificial social barriers to success then the more getting to the top depends...
...SDS said Herrnstein was "propagating racist theories on intelligence and unemployment" and the following months saw protests and pickets...
...moment, no group represents everyone who supports a democratic, non-militarist and non-expansionist University. But unity can be achieved. The strike steering committee set up by students who initially supported SDS's six demands was designed to be expanded, and the six demands can be added to and clarified. Students who find themselves for the most part in agreement with this group's demands should, as the strike proceeds, attend and participate in the meetings of the radical strike group. These are not SDS meetings, but simply meetings of people who support the radical demands...
While the SDS demands are well-founded and directed, it is my opinion that equally valid arguments can be found for the termination of the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey B. Perry...
...though protest was growing across campus, the student body was not yet unified in its goals or tactics. The SDS was never backed by a majority of students, but it raised issues and debate at a time when tensions were already high...