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The article's central thesis revolves around somthing akin to the "I'm not stupid, you're stupid" argument, writing that the true totalitarians on campus are not the PC adherents but rather anti-PC fighters. This argument, of course, really doesn't disprove the original point; it only indicates...
Katz's thesis might be enhanced by some institutional memory. A prominent academic who was a former president not only of Harvard but of The Crimson, James Bryant Conant '14, was a leading advocate of Universal Military Training prior to and during Korea. He objected to student deferments urged by...
Reich's thesis is sound-bite simple: economic nationalism has become as outmoded as the typewriter. The dominance of globe-girdling corporations like IBM, Sony and Siemens has rendered America irrelevant in a traditional economic sense, along with all national borders. This "global web" (a favorite Reich phrase) means that...
Brenda Jarmon of Tallahassee still remembers the chilling August phone call. Her daughter, Corporal Lynette Guthery of the Army's 24th Infantry Division (mechanized), based outside Hinesville, Ga., needed a precious favor. Could the 40-year-old grandmother take care of 2 1/2-year-old Ikea -- immediately? Both Lynette and her separated...
Paul Pierson, head tutor of the government department, echoed these sentiments. "The government department has discouraged [instructors] from exempting thesis students from their normal requirements," he said. "General exams in part build on course material and are not considered a substitute for them."