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Contrary to Lewis' opinion, however, there are good reasons for objecting to a policy that allows student organizations to exclude individuals from membership based upon their political beliefs. Fostering a university-wide atmosphere of intellectual openness, pluralism and tolerance of diversity depends not only on the existence of student organizations representing a variety of different ideologies and viewpoints but also on the willingness of those organizations to allow their ideologies and viewpoints to be openly contested...
...hand, this entails a willingness to engage in dialogue with other organizations, but, on the other hand, and perhaps more importantly, this entails a willingness to permit dialogue within the walls of an organization itself. Indeed, organizations that are officially recognized, and oftentimes funded, by the University ought to allow students to become active members regardless of whether their beliefs are consistent with the dominant ideology espoused by the group. The College Democrats may not agree with individuals who espouse Republican beliefs just as Harvard Right to Life may not agree with students who are pro-choice...
...regardless of the protesters' tactics, their message was still flawed. On a university campus, freedom of expression would be near-meaningless without the freedom of expressive association. Such associations--including the impromptu group that led the protest--allow for close debate on a smaller scale and provide for the organization of student efforts and advocacy; they make campus discussion more vibrant and participatory. And if associations are to play these roles, those who would claim to speak for a student group may legitimately be expected to share in its credo...
...would be an overwhelming restraint on the ability of associations to participate in campus discussion to do otherwise--to allow a Catholic student group but forbid it from inquiring whether a leadership candidate is heretical, or to allow Harvard Students for Choice yet force them to ignore whether a candidate is anti-abortion. The legitimacy of an official student group that views African-Americans as inferior (or homosexual acts as immoral) might be hard for some to justify, but once the university decides to allow the group, it must be able to choose leaders who accept its articles of faith...
Beginning this September, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been revising some of its rules in an effort to simplify the process of getting a patent. Its aims were to reduce the time needed to apply by cutting unnecessary paperwork; to allow for easier electronic filing; and to reduce costs, both to the public and the government...