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News Editor for This Issue: Noam S. Cohen '89 Night Editors: Julie L. Belcove '89 Emily M. Bernstein '90 Mark M. Colodny '89 Spencer S. Hsu '90 Noam S. Cohen '89 Editorials Editor: John C. Yoo '89 Features Editor: Benjamin R. Miller '89 Sports Editor: Colin F. Boyle '90 Photo Editor: Ahn T. Nguyen-Huynh '90 Copy Editor: Ryan W. Chew...
News Editor for this Issue: Martha A. Bridegam '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Brooke A. Masters '89 Benjamin R. Miller '89 Jonathan M. Moses '88 Jeffrey S. Nordhaus '89 Copy Editor: John D. Sileo '91 Editorial Page Editors: John J. Murphy '89 John C. Yoo '89 City/State Editor: Martha A. Bridegam '89 Photo Editors: David K. Eldan '89 Sports Editors: Mark T. Brazaitis '89 Michael J. Lartigue '89 Michael D. Stankiewicz...
Incidentally, as for the positive effects of such protest on the University administration, the takeover resulted in the Resolution and Commitee on Rights and Responsibilities, two of the biggest mockeries of procedural justice ever seen at Harvard. Yes, John Yoo, this "erstwhile activist who favors army surplus clothing and an earring" is afraid of things like arrest, beatings and death. Is that a surprise? Is it something to lament...
Funny, but I don't see the same things that John Yoo sees. Instead of the simplistic view that sees the civil rights movement and the Vietnam protests as having achieved permanent structural change for the better, I see the sixties in conjunction with a Reagan administration which wants to veto further civil rights legislation and which appears all too willing to repeat the stupidities of the past. I see a struggle which takes place over decade, and in which the gains of the sometimes violent and enthusiastic protests of the past are easily lost, if they are not fought...
...ways of changing things. Being in a riot isn't enough; forceful and militant tactics are only one part of what must of necessity be a more comprehensive strategy. By criticizing activism on the basis of whether it measures up to the sheer spectacle of the sixties, Mr. Yoo falls prey to all the errors of a sensationalist press that values style over content, and ultimately shows only that he doesn't know what he's talking about. Next time, before you fault activists for their lack of commitment, take the time to figure out what's really going...