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Under present policy, the petition charged, the viewpoint of students "doesn't count for very much." The deans make decisions "unilaterally" and students are "powerless and voiceless in the formulation of policies that affect their lives," the petition warned...
Visiting constituents who admire this forth-rightness occasionally point to his voting record and suggest that he should have widened his viewpoint after a year in office. But the Senator tells them, "I can't be what I'm not. I'm not a doctrinaire liberal anymore than I'm a doctrinaire conservative." He considers himself "just a normal 47-year-old lawyer." The General Assembly was "really just a recreation for me--I practiced law very hard then," he says of his earlier political career...
...past, with an impressive speaker program, the club seemed successful. But this year, with only three poorly atended lectures, it became apparent that the program masked a real lack of political activity. A speaker program would seem justified only if it presents a consistent viewpoint and some workable ideas to effect it, not just a hodge-podge of names brought here simply to make money for the club," he explained...
Abrams sees the newsletter as essential in promoting serious political analysis and discussion. "The only Leftist viewpoint really apparent at Harvard is that of SDS, and it is clearly a minority. Young Dems never discusses most issues at all right now. An informative magazine-type newsletter ought to be the first step in expressing a coherent political viewpoint," he explained...
...Israeli scenery is like everybody squirting beer on each other at a fraternity picnic. All the action moves along double time, like a fast-motion film; everything is jerky, smaller than human. With so much motion, there is no time for motive. War, sex, poetry and friendship demand some viewpoint from the author. Levin supplies none...