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- LETTERS, Page 9Straight Shooter
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- I enjoyed your piece on Boston University President John Silber
- and his new book, Straight Shooting (EDUCATION, Aug. 28). As a
- student at the University of Texas in 1969, I observed a debate
- between Silber and an "activist" professor and was struck by the
- contrast of Silber's incisive intellect with the visceral responses
- of his opponent. From the similar tone of the comments of B.U.'s
- Freda Rebelsky Camp, who accuses Silber of running a "sleazy,
- fascist regime," it appears that intellectual poverty remains alive
- and well in academia, yet another argument for the educational
- reforms advocated by Silber.
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- Neil Norquest
- Edinburg, Texas