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...this spring. Doing so was not an easy decision. There are, after all, within our community those who find it in good conscience impossible to accept homosexuality as a moral option. There are also those who feel it is a moral option, whether for themselves or others. Hillel's sponsorship made no judgement on this question, but acknowledged our obligation to the diversity of constituencies we serve...
...quote Professor Herf, "I can see little reason why any young person with integrity would want to become a scholar," unless he or she is willing to reveal his or her sources of funding and sponsorship, and to indicate whether the sponsor has been granted a right of pre-publication review. A scholar, especially when he is also a teacher, has a commitment to openness and honesty in his relation with readers and students. Concealment deprives them of an important element in evaluating research; selective concealment is a form of deception. Teaching and scholarship require trust; trust, in turn, requires...
...world watched something it had never seen before: the U.S. Navy moving into position so that the Commander in Chief could have the option of militarily punishing another nation for its sponsorship of international terrorism. As West European allies fretted about the potential consequences, and as Senate and House leaders gave qualified support while waiting to be consulted under the War Powers Resolution, the pilots of the F/A-18 Hornets and A-7E Corsairs stood ready for the command, should it come, to attack and destroy Libya's airfields, radar stations, Soviet-built missile sites and terrorist training camps. No matter...
Recent controversy over CIA sponsorship of the research of two Harvard professors foreshadows the kind of damage that politics brings to the funding process. The CIA reserves the right to censor work which it sponsors; but censorship of research findings runs counter to the policies and spirit upon which universities are based. While the CIA is not Congress, the CIA funding episodes suggest that Congress might ask in the future for similar freedom-constraining privileges in return for research grants...
Over the past several months, at least three Harvard scholars have said they have worked for the CIA doing restricted research. Anathema to widely accepted scholarly codes, the restrictions prohibited disclosure of the CIA's sponsorship and forbade publication without agency review. The professors' actions have raised concerns that Harvard's own rules are not sufficient to discourage this kind of activity...