Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tutu's Kennedy School speech, he said, "What you do reverberates around the world, especially what Harvard does." As it stands now, some two years after Tutu's challenge, Harvard is still sitting on its hands. Divestment as a tool to overturn apartheid and as a symbolic affirmation of freedom should still be expected of Harvard. The University can still have an impact in the United States and South Africa, and may even be able to take a leadership role by pulling out of South Africa-linked companies...
Imagine the hoots of derision that would greet Shinagel if he called on The New York Times or NBC to meet with the free speech committee to discuss their conduct when covering campus events. Shinagel's attempt to muzzle or manipulate student publications is insulting...
...also worth asking why campus publications should help thwart protests or "control" disruptions, as Shinagel would have it. If students want to question Bok at a Quincy House dinner, why should they be denied? Shinagel fails to recognize that both speakers and protestors have the right to free speech. When students accept admission to Harvard College, they did not forfeit their right to free expression...
Shinagel argues that student publications, as part of the Harvard community, have a responsibility to work with the administration in defining free speech. But it is the task of the editors of the papers, not officers of the University, to make policy decisions on what is published. The Crimson and other Harvard publications are run by students, and this gives the University no license to interfere...
...Free speech has arisen as an important issue on campus--for good reason. More than once, speeches at this University have been cancelled because Harvard officials feared for the safety of the speakers, and the University has not done enough to guarantee that the free speech of unpopular speakers is protected. But the free speech committee has plenty to worry about without interfering in the affairs of the campus press...