Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report stressed that "gov jocks," who are usually male, were a problem for both women and men in the department. But a larger proportion of women noted that the "gov jocks" kept them from speaking in class. "Gov Jocks" should not be allowed to dominate, and everyone should be heard. Part of the problem can be addressed with greater teacher sensitivity, and the department should provide appropriate training. The other part belongs to students: "gov jocks" must take care to listen and not shout down other students' input. Women have to speak...
...instead of proving their moral superiority to fascism, the protesters sunk to Mlot-Mroz's level, shouting him down and forcing him to leave. Had the organizers handled Mlot-Mroz differently--by giving him five uninterrupted minutes to speak, for instance--Mlot-Mroz would have made clear his loony positions and would not have been able to present himself as a persecuted victim...
Allowing Mlot-Mroz to speak would have accomplished a number of things. Primarily, it would have proven that left-wing activists actually believe that freedom is more than a convenient rhetorical phrase. It also would have done a great deal to dispel the idea that the leftists are nothing but dangerous reds with a paternalistic, totalitarian ideas about controlling who hears what. If the left wants America or Harvard to be a held to a higher standard, we must be ready to apply those higher standards to ourselves...
...speak of [the problems caused by U.S. aid] in order to say 'Oh my god, what a mess,'" Garcia said. "If we mention it, it is because we can avoid it...That can be achieved by force and by applying pressure of all kinds...
...dealing with the administration; but an unrepresentative campus wide group saying the same things as the Undergraduate Council won't help the situation. Derek Bok won't say to the Corporation, "The Undergraduate Council has called for a student center Who cares? Wait a minute? Did the student officers, speak? Let's get moving...