PROTESTORS DENY RIGHTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100670039-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: February 25, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE MIDDLEBURY CAMPUS
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (VT)
25 Februarq 1983
TAU THE EDITO
Protestors Deny Rights ~~. -
To the Editor,
After observing the protest
against the C.IA outside the
Gu-eer Counseling and Place-
ment offices and reading the
protest committee's letter ? in
The Campus on Friday,- Feb.
18, I was struck by the irony
' of the event. . _ . ~ ~ ?, ~ -? it,is extremely unfortunate
How can the peac;e~loving, ~ that in trying to protect .per--.-
- freedom fighting- members of.: ~~ rights. the protest Dorn-' _
the "Committee? Concerned -.: mittee may have succeeded ia,:.
About ~ Intelligence.: completely denying the rights`
Recruiting: ' in all good cons- " -of those students interested in
cience. possibly - 'ruin the p~uing a c~u eer in the C.IA'
chances of others to be .hired ?~ . :~
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or :even recruited in -future ^~.? ~- 4r ~' ? - Karen Cleary-.=
Atmosphere Is Tflo St' :g ~l
To the Editor: ? - ~-_ The - >neo-conservatism ~ -more:`Although?it isoaly one;
I begin this article out of a ;which pervades this: ~ca~pus =viewpoint on the issue; we all
.concern for education. There ~ ~ -unhealthy;''_to_. the___open .t :can provide viewpoints deriv~.
have been man
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c
es mind.
It is an ideal It cannot -
ed from our acquired orients-
recently published in The ' -:give shape to realism .ff it is tions. - ? ~ -
Campus in relation . to this ~ - - ? ~ __ ?'
overwhelming. ~~It- achieves , :? s mci eat- only one ex
subject. The topic' which_ I,.'_" the only in moderation; but , ample. An advertisement fors'
wish to broach is npeir;~_`. of Middlebury"moderation is ,The- New York Times stated"
mindedness. What I mean by;~ not the case. Instead. it suf-
this term is the willingness to ;focates and?'stifies: ?-- `
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withaut fear of . hostile peaceful demonstration con-
response. ~ - ~ - - -cerning C.IA. involvement on
College . is a . time for ea-- ~ this campus. During the
perimentation, a time of - ~~ of this protest there
discovery: A liberal arts =were several offended people
education is intended to ez- who made jeers concerning
pose us to new avenues of life. 'the , ~ Ilberal quality - of the
Certainly, critical reaction to 'demonstrators: ? Albeit; this
what we say or do is a desired
consequence, though at times
painful Reaction should help
give perspective .Lo our think-
ing. not shape it entirely; but.
often, this is what happens.
Idealism gives perspective
but should not be the norm. It
is, by defuution, untenable. It
is a guideline, not a life goal.
Realism, on the other hand,
should be the norm. It is
'tenable, but cannot exist by
itself. We need ideals in order
to give shape to the perspec-
tive.
years by `the Central In-
telligence .Agency'T For cer- -
fain students, particularly ;
language majors, :the C.I.A. '
represents an important and I
realistic career opportunityto
be explored. _ - -
was a reaction, yet not the
'kind of which I am wrlting.
Probably. all of us have heard
that "an open mind prospers .~
in an.- bnviron~ent _ of trap-
quality." When ? we react to
something__ which-. questions
_I our beliefs, we should react '
critically, not hostilely. Not
;'only will we support more in-
tellectual exploration, but
' also we will .learn more; and,
' after all, isn'tthatwhy: weare
here:-ao: learn?; .: