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...elimination of radical sections, which offered a Marxist critique of neo-classical economies in addition to teaching the standard course material, first prompted concern among section leaders last fall. The sections--which were over-subscribed by 100 percent last year--were extremely popular. Four hundreds students signed petitions last fall protesting their removal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Call for Reform | 3/13/1985 | See Source »

...action appears to have been political, however, because he denied interested students the right to learn the radical critique along with the mainstream material. The presentation of alternative analytic frameworks in these sections not only gave students access to different economic viewpoints, but also helped them better understand mainstream neo-classical economics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Call for Reform | 3/13/1985 | See Source »

...proposals call for a reorganization of the instruction manual given to all section leaders to reflect different approaches to central economic issues. It also calls for the reinstitution of the radical sections, and for the development of a variety of alternative sections offering supplementary material with different perspectives on neo-classical economics, such as libertarian or institutional economics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Call for Reform | 3/13/1985 | See Source »

Hoch Kitsch transformed into high art, that is Architect Gottfried Semper's theater. His first opera house opened in 1841, burned down in 1869; his second design, an elaboration of the first, was supervised by his son Manfred and dedicated in 1878. A whimsical intermingling of neo-Renaissance Italian design and quasiabstract German folk-art motifs, it looks like an improbable combination of the Pitti Palace and a Pennsylvania Dutch farmhouse. Inside, its bright colors (whites, golds and reds) and intimate dimensions (only 1,300 seats) give it a light, cozy ambience. Trompe l'oeil reigns: columns that appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rebirth in Dresden | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...former flight engineer who moved to Idaho from California in 1973. Butler has claimed to have a mailing list of 6,000 names for the literature that he prints at his 20-acre compound. During the summer he sponsors wellattended conferences and paramilitary training sessions for Klan members, neo-Nazis and other ultra-right groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dreams of a Bigot's Revolution | 2/18/1985 | See Source »

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