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...awful lot has taken place at the level of national leadership in terms of the moral influence of the President's office," Cheek said. "I think we are getting conflicting assessments of the situation from people in very important places, referring to students like they're immature and childish and so forth. I am extremely pessimistic...
...Cheek expressed doubt that Nixon had understood what he and G. Alexander Heard, president of Vanderbilt, meant when they warned him of student fears of repression. "Many people in government refer to repression as a myth...
...Cheek charged that administration statements "give people the impression of being highly repressive as well as oppressive...
...statement by Nixon prompted Cheek to comment, "I think it's rather difficult for him to understand what we mean when we talk about repression...
Reacting strongly to charges by conservatives that college authorities could end student disorders by imposing a "get tough" policy on campus, Cheek said, "We must understand that students are not aliens from outer space or form some foreign land. . . Students are citizens and they have rights...