Word: speech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...School Dean James Vorenberg '49 expressed "regret" over last Friday's disruption of a former contra leader's speech in a statement released yesterday, but said that the address was cancelled in light of the threat posed to Adolfo Calero's safety...
Vorenberg praised the event's organizers, peaceful Law School student protestors, and Harvard police for "acting responsibly." In the two-page statement, Vorenberg elaborated on his decision, announced before Friday's speech, to create a student-faculty committee on issues of the rights of protestors and speakers...
...statement comes in reponse to the events of last Friday when a Tufts senior leapt on stage and tried to attack former contra head Adolfo Calero, who was about to begin his speech at Langdell Hall. Harvard Police dragged Joshua Laub from the scene, and the speech was cancelled...
...After having been told by the police that Mr. Calero would not return to the room, the moderator [Assistant Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies Frederick E. Snyder] informed the audience that the speech would not be given," Vorenberg said in the statement. "In view of what had happened, there was concern for Mr. Calero's safety, and in fact, he did not return to the podium...
Vice President and General Counsel of theUniversity Daniel Steiner '54 said that these twocommittees grew out of a general concern at theUniversity over issues of free speech...