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...speech? Whites'? Or just whites who contemplate notions of Black inferiority? Unfortunately, The Crimson's staff failed to heed its own words in its treatment of BSA President Kristen Clarke '97, whose challenge of The Bell Curve, by Charles A. Murray '65 and the late Professor Richard Herrnstein ("Blacks Seek an End to Abuse," opinion, Oct. 28, 1994) elicited the staff's condemnation and the kinds of intimidation The Crimson has warned against earlier: Either Clarke would retract her words and issue a public apology and step down from her position as BSA president or be ousted...
...issue of Clarke's tenure as president should not have even been mentioned in a staff editorial because Clarke and Victoria Kennedy, the co-authors of a letter to The Crimson ("Blacks Seek an End to Abuse", Opinion, Oct. 28), expressed their opinions as individual members of the Harvard community and not as officers...
...University should seek to create an environment in which speech is not merely free from censorship, but is actively encouraged," the letter said. "Because of the unique significance of Holworthy Hall as a means of communication and expression, we respectfully request that you reconsider your decision to prohibit the hanging of banners...
Although efforts were made to seek minority panelists, scheduling conflicts prevented otherwise interested faculty members from participating, organizers said...
...convinced by their efforts to do the same. As I reiterated at the debate, I remain firmly committed to our government's responsibility to offer a premier education to all of our nation's youth, but I am an equally strong opponent of affirmative action programs which seek to "level the playing field" after the fact...