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...LARGELY different situation existed with the Vietnamese war. There was no need to bring that war to public attention; the need was rather to mobilize the public--including that large but usually forgotten segment of the public which happens not to be situated on university campuses--against the government. To men like Nixon, Kissinger, and the President of Gulf Oil, the level of domestic disruption which they cannot afford to risk is not be found in a boycott of classes; it is rather to be found in massive public disorder which threatens their ability to rule. Our function should...
...home. One evidence of the war's impact is indicated by a recent national survey of attitudes toward the Calley case. According to Harvard Psychologist Herbert Kelman, many Americans regard Lieut. Calley's behavior at My Lai as normal. That suggests, Kelman concludes, that an alarmingly large segment of the population might be willing to employ extreme violence if ordered...
Beyond the Law was much less humorous. One segment had some affecting portrayals of detectives interrogating murder suspects, and for brief moments the film seemed to vindicate the Director's theory of getting closer to the tensions of real life than do the cosmetically perfect creations of most Hollywood hacks...
...answer, Coordinator Larry Wells, who is black, argues that voluntary separation is far different from forced segregation, and that it may well be transitional. "Our concern is to help kids compete in an integrated society," he says, "but we want them to compete on a basis of parity. One segment of black and Chicano students needs additional support and strength to really feel equal." Berkeley officials are optimistic that they can satisfy federal guidelines in the months of negotiations that will follow official notification by making minor changes, like opening the separatist schools to any whites who are willing...
...rule. Its statements that increased funds for one group can only come at the expense of another creates a situation in which members of the Harvard community are set in competition with one another. Administration decisions may look as if they are independent of one another, affecting only one segment of the University. But each 'independent' action is related to others, and establishes a general policy of administrative action that affects teaching fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates alike. In the name of a 'financial crisis' the administration is creating an 'education crisis'. This crisis affects undergraduate education at least...