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SALVATION. Begotten by Hair, this new musical is an aesthetically retarded child that epitomizes Modcom - the commercial exploitation of modernity without regard for dramatic art. Like other Modcom productions that peddle the youth cult. Salvation is replete with cynical simulations of innocence, freedom and dissent...
DEREK C. BOK, Dean of the Law School, joined a panel in his home town. Belmont, to discuss the Moratorium, the draft, and questions of legitimate dissent. Bok spent the morning preparing for the three-hour panel session in the afternoon. Then he returned to the Law School to meet with his regular 4-6 p.m. class. At the request of his students-half of whom wanted the normal class to go on, and half wanting to join the Moratorium-Bok agreed to hold a class yester-day and a special make-up class next week...
...main criticism being levelled against the Moratorium by defenders of U.S. policies in Vietnam is that such public demonstrations of dissent have the effect of encouraging the National Liberation Front and their North Vietnamese allies to wait out the United States at Paris in the expectation that American public opinion will eventually force a withdrawal of American troops without prior concessions by the Vietnamese. Such criticisms must be troubling for many of the politicians and prominent citizens who have recently jumped on the Moratorium bandwagon. since it is undeniable that the existence of a strong anti-war movement...
...political issues-a point which has been much argued over the years-is the principle of chief concern to me. I feel strongly that the long range health of this and other universities depends upon observing it. A second. no less-important point is that the right of dissent does not include the right to force assent. A university must be as concerned to protect the rights of its minorities as to respect the wishes of its majorities. A growing carelessness in regard to this basic principle of civilized democratic life seems regrettably to be present in our community...
...Senator said that dissent is not limited "to a handful of unkempt yippies raising hell," but "lies deep within this nation's vitals." He endorsed the October 15 Moratorium in the hope that it might "give the President that essential broad base of constructive support which will enable him to move with boldness, decision and dispatch to do the nation's obvious bidding...