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...should a university be doing them? If a university becomes a servant of society, a kind of social service arm of the government, then where will new and critical thought come from? Even thought come from? Even though the service are very fine, they essentially serve the status quo. And then there are problems of whom to serve. And then there is the problem of serving a particular war. And then there is the problem of ROTC. Like Barzun, the essay above argues for the old university, for the return of simplicity and commitment to learning and teaching...
...this topic Howard lets forth quite a blast: "It is the university, as it is now constituted, that is the enemy of the people... because its preoccupation--talk--effectively maintains the status quo... because specialization in the university prevents the large--and radical--ideal from being explored ... [and] because it excludes all who cannot verbalize in narrowing abstraction." The anonymous Reporter concurs: "The university in our society is probably the most conservative of all our major institutions. It doesn't change and hasn't changed for centuries...
...opinion, the status quo with respect to Afro-American Studies at Harvard is not satisfatcory. Quite a number of courses recognize the existence of black men in the development of America; quite a bit of expertise is already available. However, merely recognizing black men as integral segements of certain overall social processes is not good enough. We are dealing with 25 million of our own people with a special history, culture, and range of problems...
...theologian, Bhashani completely ignores the fatalistic aspect of Mohammedanism. "My religion is revolutionary, and I am a religious man," he argues. "Therefore, it is my religion to rise up against wrong." He scorns the established order that the Koran bids the faithful to support. In his view, the status quo must be completely upset so that the new order in which he believes may take root. Bhashani also makes no apology for his allegiance to China, heightened during his first visit to Peking in 1952. Says he: "I admire everything about China except its godlessness...
...junior officers, men who are sent to battle against the Vietnamese and other liberation movements all over the world. ROTC is only the least subtle of the university's many contributions to the U.S. foreign policy of domination, but our fight against ROTC threatens the status quo in courses, admissions, research, investments arid disciplines as well...