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...institution dedicated to the free exchange of ideas" and thought that all advertising space at The Crimson is free. But it should come as no surprise that Bok doesn't understand the neutrality petition which 3000 students signed and 20 student organizations endorsed. Bok believes he is entitled to use every resource at his University to combat the union...
This explains Harvard's use of worktime meetings in its anti-union campaigns, but it doesn't explain the administration's spreading of disinformation about the union in its brochures. Why should a University whose president defends its right to disseminate "facts and arguments on both sides of the issue" spread untruths and confusion about HUCTW...
What this situation illustrates is the power nonsense can hold over people. While relatively harmless in itself, the use of astrology is symptomatic of a widespread--and growing--fear of facts and reality in America...
...progress of any industrialized nation. Yet 42 percent of the public in the United States does not believe in human evolution! While we apparently have a desire to succeed, it's clear we lack the intellectual tools to do so. Widespread belief in astrology is a similar problem. We use the fruits of science gladly--none of us would part with our microwaves or television sets--yet scientific advances have not fundamentally reordered our view of the way the world works. Unless they do we are destined to fall behind in the science and technology race...
...word that you could use to describe us is 'fun,'" says Wrchota. "We have fun on and off the field...