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...boundaries which the Faculty drew for them. During readmission hearings this Fall, the CRR took it upon itself to inquire about students' political beliefs and sex lives-over neither of which the Committee has jurisdiction. Two weeks ago the Committee released a decision in the case of Allen S. Weinrub, a graduate student accused of conspiring at a meeting to commit a disruption which never took place. Although it acquitted Weinrub, the CRR made plain in its decision that it feels free to judge defendants' beliefs, thoughts, and intent, even though they may commit no actions which could legitimately...
...punished for what he has merely said, and especially not, as in the case of Allen Weinrub, for what he is supposed by his silence to have thought. Exceptions should be made to this principle only in cases of truly desperate "clear and present danger...
...implication of the charges against Weinrub-and of the interrogation used to uphold them-is clear enough. If Weinrub is so much as admonished by the CRR, it will henceforth be impossible for anyone in the University to advocate and organize political protest without fear of being prosecuted for a "violation" which may never occur. Several observers have recently expressed concern that the charges against Weinrub may have already had a chilling effect on student protest...
...there is another aspect of the Weinrub case which threatens to be even more pernicious. At the committee hearing, CRR chairman Donald Anderson suggested that a central issue in the case would be the appropriateness of political discussion at what was intended to be a scientific meeting. There are doubtless some people who find this dichotomy appealing, but to impose it as a code of conduct is an even more concerted attack on the idea of free exchange than are all the charges of conspiracy. There are many who believe that Land's theories of colorvision and Polaroid's activity...
...have maintained in the past that the CRR's authority is illegitimate and that all of its past disciplinary actions should be overturned. The committee's shameful interrogation of Weinrub-possibly contrary even to its own ground rules-has further reinforced that illegitimacy. A conviction in this case will establish the CRR not only as an outmoded disciplinary body but as the greatest enemy of free speech at Harvard as well...