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...Free speech?? is a fine principle, but, as a foundation of the University’s business, it is both insufficient and vague...
...major reasons vocalized, however, were that Faculty legislation in 1990 has already affirmed our commitment to “free speech?? and that voting down such an inherently reasonable motion would generate embarrassing news headlines. The clear premise was that the majority intended to vote down the motion because it had arisen in the context of what many of my colleagues and I regard as the widespread censorship of dissent about Israel-Palestine on campus and in the nearby bookstores that are an essential part of the intellectual life of the University...
...Hence the principle of “free speech?? is not, in this or any other case, a sufficient ethic for the University. Some expression—such as deliberate threats, lies, and libel—should under most circumstances be forbidden. However, it would be difficult for university scholars to agree on any type of speech that should be forbidden under all circumstances. What is clear is that it is the University’s preeminent mission not to foster every kind of expression but to foster a specific style and range of communication—based...
...correctly argues that people of many different political and ideological persuasions should feel comfortable expressing their opinions without fear of retribution. The real substance of this resolution, however, lies in not-so-hidden agenda. The Faculty was wise to steer clear of this affirmation of “free speech?? and should do so again when the resolution is reconsidered in December...
More than 150 people packed into the Fong Auditorium yesterday evening to listen to psychology professor Stephen Pinker explain that the process of writing is in fact an exercise in psychology. Pinker gave his speech??“Writing as Psychology”—to celebrate the release of the 2006-2007 issue of “Exposé: Essays from the Expository Writing Program.” Pinker stressed the importance of conciseness while highlighting former Tufts President Jean Mayer’s 1982 statement, “Men with guns never starve...