Fall, 1979
Vol. 1 No. 4
F O R E I G N POLICY REVIEWED AT FOUNDATION CONFERENCE "The seminar most certainly changed my views. I discovered that America really did not play the *bad guy' in international affairs". This is how a junior political science major from Columbia University described the impact of Young America's Foundation's seminar on International Relations. The conference was held at American University in Washington, D . C . from August 12th-15th. Over fifty students from around the country participated in four days of lectures and discussions on United States foreign policy. The Academic Director of the program was Dr. Alan Ned Sabrosky of Catholic University, a noted authority in this field. Dr. Sabrosky deah with topics in most college international relations courses, but presented a viewpoint designed for responsible college students who believe in their country
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The International Relations Seminar was held at American University in Washington, D.C. from August 12-15, 1979.
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seminar prepares college students in the study of subjects in such a way that they will be able to defend their beliefs in a classroom. The students are given alternative viewpoints to those they generally receive in college as well as alternative readings to those they will be assigned. The program —in short —arms them intellectually for what is at bottom a war of ideas over the direction America will take in the decades ahead. For while the virulent disruptions that characterized the sixties appear to have subsided, students know that instruction in the classroom remains essentially the same. This instruction is often hostile to free enterprise, American foreign interests, and the basic values that
The seminar was attended by 54 students from 34 schools in 19 different states.
have made our people strong, prosperous, and independent. In addition to the lectures presented by Dr. Sabrosky, discussion groups were held each day of the conference. In these sessions, the students were able to ask questions they had about lecture material, as well as relate the subject matter to their campus programs. Three faculty assistants served as discussion leaders. They were: Dr. Jeffrey Gayner of the Washington based think tank, the Heritage Foundation, who brought his expertise as a Capitol Hill observer to bear upon the foreign policy matters discussed at
the conference; Robert Schadler, of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute whose experience participating in campus programs greatly augmented the conference's line-up; and Paul Koch, a graduate teaching assistant in political science at Georgetown University who was particularly popular with the students. Two highlights of the conference were the guest lectures. The first guest speaker was Mr. Andre Visser of the South Africa Foundation. Mr. Visser discussed reform efforts in his country to end apartheid. South Africa can succeed in its attempts to bring racial justice, along with political and economic stability, he contended, only if Western nations, particularly the United States, do not obstruct peaceful reform efforts. The second guest lecture was presented by Dr. W. Scott Thompson of Tufts University, a well known academician and author of several works in the field of national defense. Dr. Thompson's remarks centered on the decline of U . S . military strength around the globe. The United States does not pay enough attention to the emerging Soviet advantage in nuclear arms, claimed the Tufts University professor. He also discussed issues surrounding the current SALT II treaty. The students who attended represented a good cross-section of the nation's colleges. Large and small schools from every corner of the country were represented, including Yale, Princeton, Tufts and Columbia Universities, as well as the U . S . Naval Academy. FOREIGN POLICY continued on page 5
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POLITICAL S C I E N T I S T S M E E T IN M O S C O W The American Political Science Association, which recently voted not to hold any convention in Chicago because Illinois has not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, participated in a gathering of its counterparts from around the world in that Utopia for civil rights, the Soviet Union. While the outgoing A P S A president Karl Deutsch heaped praise upon Communist dictator Brezhnev for allowing the gathering to be held, some political scientists were not quite so pleased. Professor Irwin Cotler of McGill University, for example, was kicked out of the country for attempting to visit parents of prominent Soviet dissident Anatoly Scharansky. Another Western professor commented, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, that open debate and discussion was impossible because the Communist speakers refused to discuss specific points raised by other political scientists. Other sessions, the Chronicle also said, degenerated into Russian scholars attacking the United States. Prior to the conference opening, the general secretary of the Soviet Political Science Association, William Smirnov, said that the "ruling circles of the Western countries seek to make political science a loyal servant of the capitalists and use its recommendations for strengthening their domination." With friends like the A P S A , capitalists certainly need no enemies. Publisher: Ron Robinson
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LIBERAL GROUP WELL FINANCED The California State Student Association, a collection of liberal student governments from across the state, boasted in the National OnCampus Report that no bills which it has ever opposed in its eight year history have become law in California. Among its more successful lobbying efforts: —successful opposition to tuition charges in the aftermath of the passage of Proposition 13; currently, California taxpayers provide students with a free ride through four years of college; — k e e p i n g the l o o p h o l e in unemployment compensation which allows full-time students to qualify; —initiating state funding for child care services. According to former C S S A president State Glazer, "the higher we go the more influence we have." He was referring to his group's success in persuading Governor Jerry Brown not to pare down the state assistance to the public university system. The organization has an annual budget of $100,000 and receives much of its funding through mandatory student fees.
programs. Many private and public institutions of high learning established quotas in order to avoid conflict with H E W , which has in the past withheld federal contracts and grants to schools found to have too few blacks to satisfy the government's statistical balance goals. A recent example of HEW's affirmative action requirements is seen in Bellevue, Washington. Using the threat of losing $1 million in federal funds, H E W charged that the Bellevue school system was guilty of sex discrimination because more girls than boys were spanked by the teachers. HEW's solution: spank an equal number of girls and boys. STANFORD CLASS PRESIDENT A S S E S S E S 1970 CAMPUS L I F E
Stanford University class president of 1979, Tony Peet, recently assessed the current status of the American student. Peet, writing for the November 26th Chronicle of Higher Education, argued that "neo-radical concerns have become institutionalized along with t r a d i t i o n a l ones; ethnic organizations, gay people's unions, and socialist groups also occupy office space on campus." Peet claims that neo-radicals HEW R E F U S E S T O A L T E R champion the causes of the gays, R E G U L A T I O N S IN LIGHT O F third world countries and the exBAKKE D E C I S I O N Despite the Supreme Court ruling ploited in general. "They are conlast June in the Bakke reverse vinced that the United States and the discrimination case, the Department world will not survive without signifiof Health, Education and Welfare has cant changes in the ways Americans issued an internal memorandum live, in our international behavior, which states that none of its pro- and perhaps in our political system as grams or regulations need to be well." Peet contrasted the neo-radicals altered in light of recent court decisions. The HEW statement came as a with those students who want to surprise to many who expected that return to traditional American values. the Bakke case's ruling that a They include: a good home, a good university may not establish a quota family, and a good salary. What their or "goal" for admissions according to current activities are on campus, or race would force the government to what offices they occupy, Peet doesn't redraw many of its affirmative action purport to discuss. Editor: Erieen Potter
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Foundation Publishes Study On Foreign Trade
THE CAMBODIAN T R A G E D Y The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times are among the nation's leading media sources that have recently reported on the tragic situation in Cambodia. The First Lady, Rosalynn Carter, highlighted the current problem with her visits to the refugee camps in Thailand. But before the situation in Cambodia became the subject for widespread national news coverage, a group of Reader's Digest reporters put together an authoritative report on how the situation came about. Their report. Murder of A Gentle Land is one of the featured books in Young America's Foundation's campus book program. Murder of a Gentle Land is a chilling account of Communism in action. The story is one of genocide inflicted by the Khmer Rouge on their own people. It is a tale that amounts to today's equivalent of the Nazi extermination of the Jews. The work is also the definitive answer to those who insisted that "peace" under the Khmer Rouge was preferable to the continuation of the struggle opposing them. Although the Khmer Rouge received a relatively friendly reception in Phnom Penh, they quickly evacuated the city of its three million inhabitants and sent them into the countryside. Within a few days half of the nation's population was being relocated in an environment they were emotionally and physically unprepared to adjust to. The soldiers and officials of the Lon Nol government were gathered together and massacred. Unburied
Young America's Foundation has just published the 1979-80 edition of its annual handbook on the interscholastic debate topic. This year's book, An Analysis of U . S . Foreign Trade Polic}^, deals primarily with East-West trade and trade barriers between nonCommunist nations. Contributing authors include Dr. Miles Costick, President of the institute on Strategic Trade, Carl Gershman, Executive Director of the Social Democrats, U S A , and Dr. Richard Loring Moss of the University of South Florida. In his introduction to the book, editor Clifford White noted that "it is terribly important that the American citizenry—especially young people who will soon be making the policy decisions when these issues will become even more crucial to the survival of our nation—be fully acquainted with the implications of trade with Communist countries." White added thut it is also essential "for young policy
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bodies rotted along roadsides for weeks. Those who opposed any of the directives of the Khmer Rouge's leadership—the Angka Loeu—were shot or b e h e a d e d . Stabbing, bludgeoning, axing and garroting were also commonplace. Relatives would be included if they moaned at their beloved's death. Epidemics and food shortages spread throughout the country as
makers to be familiar with the merits and drawbacks of the free market system, its role in foreign trade, and its importance for the entire economy of the United States/* One of the major themes in the report Is the apparent conflict between the strategic problems of trade with Communist countries, as discussed by Costick and Gershman, and the overall economic advantagits of a free trade policy, as described by Moss. The major purpose of the report, accordiiig to the editor, is "to present a different and more balanced perspective than those offered" in other literature to which high school and college students may be exposed. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of An Anal^fsis of U.S. Foreign Trade PoUci^ should send $1.00 to: Young America's Foundation Suite 812,11800 Sunrise Valley Dr. Reston, Virginia 22091 Communist-led chaos took hold. Families were broken up or ordered to report on each other's attitudes and actions. Those who were educated, had served the government or were students, were hunted down pervasively, continuously and relentlessly. Authors Barron and Paul catalog and conclude that at a very minimum 1,200,000 Cambodians died between April 1975 and January 1977 because of the Khmer Rouge. By the Communists own statements 80% of their nation had malaria by July 1976. All had lost whatever personal freedom they had previously enjoyed. The Premier of Cambodia admitted in an interview in Hanoi that the Khmer Rouge's only accomplishment was the "revolutionary movement of the masses." Today Cambodia is a land without universities, cities, commerce, music, literature or hope. At the time of publishing in 1977, Barron and Paul bemoaned the world's silence. That has changed. Perhaps they might now bemoan the world's impotence. Such massive opBOOK REVIEW continued on page 5
PBS S E R I E S BEGINS JANUARY 11th MILTON FRIEDMAN'S "FREE TO CHOOSE" "Free to Choose" is a series of hour long programs in which Milton Friedman, the 1976 Nobel Laureate in Economics, addresses the major economic issues facing the United States today. E a c h program begins with a half-hour documentary film, shot on locations throughout the world. The series promises to be one of the most exciting educational programs ever offered by the Public Broadcast System. The program is designed to deal with inflation, governmental controls, welfare measures and consumer protection issues in practical and understandable terms. The programs begin on January 11th and will run every week through March 14th. The series is based on the fundamental premise that free markets are a necessary requirement for personal and political freedom. Milton Friedman, in addition to being a Nobel Prize winner, is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the
PARKER SCHOLARSHIP AMONG T H E 1980-81 A W A R D S Young America's Foundation will present the second annual John Parker Memorial Scholarship Award this Spring to the outstanding high school senior or college undergraduate who demonstrates the intellectual excellence, writing ability and commitment to freedom which was possessed by John Parker. John Parker was the 21 year old editor of New Guard magazine until his untimely death in November 1978. John edited the Texas Forum, a successful statewide college newspaper as an undergraduate at the University of Texas. While in high school, he was editor of his school's magazine and newspaper. John was also an accomplished cartoonist.
T H E COLEMAN-TIMOLAT SCHOLARSHIP One of the goals of Young America's Foundation is to encourage and assist future leaders of America now in school. The development of dedicated, knowledgeable leadership
Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the Paul Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago. Friedman is one of the most popular economists on today's college campuses. He is the acknowledged leader and spokesman for the so-called Chicago School of Monetary Economics. Young America's Foundation has
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will be of major importance in keeping our nation free in future generations. For this purpose. Young America's Foundation provides scholarship funds to outstanding p a t r i o t i c students who need assistance to complete their education in important fields such as law, political science, journalism, education and economics. As a major part of its scholarship program, the Foundation administers the Coleman-Timolat Scholarship, established in honor of the late J . D . Coleman and Louis K . Timolat, two distinguished patriots who provided assistance for countless worthy causes through the years. E a c h year the Coleman-Timolat S c h o l a r s h i p of $1000 will be presented to an outstanding undergraduate for use at the college of his choice. The Foundation also awards special scholarships based upon the number of applicants and the available funds. HOW T O APPLY Scholarship grants will be awarded on the basis of three primary criteria:
distributed Friedman's There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch and Capitalism and Freedom, The latter book is among the Foundation's campus book program features and is the point of departure for the "Free to Choose" series. We urge you to plan to watch the program on your local Public Broadcasting System station. "FREE TO CHOOSE" SCHEDULE The Power of the Market Jan. 11 The Tyranny of Control Jan. 18 Anatomy of Crisis Jan. 25 From Cradle to Grave Feb. 1 Created Equal Feb. 8 What's Wrong with Our Schools Feb. 15 Who Protects the Consumer Feb. 22 Who Protects the Worker Feb. 29 How to Cure Inflation Mar. 7 How to Stay Free Mar. 14 academic qualifications, financial need and the relationship of the applicant's future plans to the purposes of the Foundation. If you know of a student who might qualify for these awards please pass along his/her name and address to Young America's Foundation. Interested students should send the following materials: — School and home address and telephone number; —Transcript of grades; —A list of financial aid being sought; —A statement describing financial need; —Any writing samples; —A 500-word essay which discusses the applicant's future plans. The applicants deadline is May 15, 1980. All correspondence should be addressed to: Scholarship Program Young America's Foundation Suite 812 11800 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, Virginia 22091
FOREIGN POLICY from page 1 After the conference the students received a detailed evaluation sheet. The student evaluations were without exception most favorable. Here are a few examples of the student comments: —"I discovered that I had been taught some revisionist ideas in my American history class, specifically in the area of the Cold War;" —"It was fantastic. I learned quite a bit . . . It was all I hoped it would be. I have already used some of the information in class;" —"Professor Sabrosky captured everyone's attention;" —"I felt the lectures were the best I ever attended." This year's seminar was a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of such an approach. According to both faculty and students, the program was an unqualified success. The Foundation intends to repeat this seminar on International Relations in the summer of 1980 and, if the necessary support is available, to also conduct a session on economics. If you are interested in participating in the 1980 programs, please contact the Foundation directly.
Lectures were followed by discussions in small groups under the direction of teaching assistants.
BOOK REVIEW continued from page 3 pression goes on unabated. All that has changed is today's struggle is between two Communist factions who wish to preside over the final collapse. One wonders what is left for the Communist ideologues to do before the conscience of the world is awakened? There is little solace in Murder in a Gentle Land. But it is an important work for American students and all interested parties.
SINGLAUB WARNS U.S. MUST B E ON GUARD AGAINST SOVIET IMPERIALISM Major General John K . Singlaub, former commander of American forces in Korea, declared that the Soviets are "tweaking (our) nose" with their combat brigade in Cuba. Soviet military expansionism in Cuba is a symptom of world-wide Russian advances. "The truth is, if we don't start working now, only God can save us," warned Singlaub in a Foundation sponsored address at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In 1977 Major General Singlaub became the only general dismissed since General Douglas MacArthur was ordered home by President Truman in 1951. Singlaub publicly questioned P r e s i d e n t C a r t e r ' s postponement of the development of the neutron bomb and the Administration's publicly announced intention to withdraw U . S . forces from South Korea. In the course of his remarks before about 200 students at UT, Singlaub commented on a wide range of national defense matters. "Reports show that the U . S . S . R . ' s military supplies are increasing while the U.S.'s are decreasing," stated the career military officer. "Just think what could happen if Russia declared war on us," he continued. After President Carter publicly rebuked him for expressing his opinions on foreign policy matters. General Singlaub retired early from the Army and began speaking around the nation about the threat to American security. Young America's Foundation sponsored his lecture in Tennessee with the assistance of several students on campus who re-
Major General John K. Singlaub warned University of Tennessee at Knoxville students of the increasing Soviet threat to our security.
quested that a speaker representing a more balanced perspective on national defense policy be brought to their school. During his stay in Tennessee, General Singlaub held a press conference which was widely covered by the local media and appeared on a popular television talk show. In addition, the General was the guest of honor at a dinner and reception attended by the student organizers of the speech, as well as community leaders. Young America's Foundation salutes General Singlaub for his courage and dedication in travelling around the country so that both sides of the national defense question may be heard. We look forward to sponsoring him before other student audiences.
How to Plan a Speakers Program To all college students who are tired of hearing the same old biased speakers on campus semester after semester: Would you like to hear a fresh voice and receive a more balanced perspective on important public policy issues which are discussed on campus today? Does your school provide visiting speakers who offer only one side of every issue? Would you like to invite and sponsor the speakers you want to hear? Young America's Foundation has an ongoing speakers program. We will try to line up a speaker for your school,
under your sponsorship (or that of a campus organization you're involved with). If you are interested in this service, then please write for our specially prepared manual on "How to Plan a Speakers Program." There is no charge. Just write us at: Speakers Program Young America's Foundation Suite 812 11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091
6 This, at least, is how the Foundation should view its function according to its educational program consultant, James B . Taylor. He says, "The battle that has been raging on the college campuses for decades is every bit as important as the real shooting wars we have fought. What good does it do to fight Nazis, communists, and other totalitarians if our people are delivered like sheep to the barbarians by force of ideas? The ideas that have made this country great—self reliance, individual liberty, faith in God—are under constant attack in American colleges. That's why the Foundation is so important—to serve as a rallying point for responsible students who wish to restore academic balance in our universities." Jim has felt strongly on this point since 1968. In the spring of that year he was serving in Vietnam as a Chinese linguist. This was the year that American campuses first erupted on a really large scale with American students attacking their own country and calling for a Marxist revolution. This is when many of the students, in addition to screaming, "Stop the war," first started shouting, "Bring the war home." J A M E S
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As a person who had not yet been to college, Jim did not fully understand how young Americans could be acting in such a way. After separating
from the service in June, 1968, he enrolled as a freshman at Swarthmore College, one of the worst of the radical hotbeds. Jim says, "I soon found out how American students could have such ideas. It was not simply because radical ideas were given an airing well beyond their worth, but because the ideas of freedom—when they were taught at all—were portrayed as old, worn, unexciting, and irrelevant." He came to realize that the real war was at home. Since graduating from college Jim has worked exclusively for non-profit organizations that promote individual freedom or that teach young people traditional American values. He has served as Eastern Director of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; as Director of Public Relations for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation in Fairfax, Virginia; and now as Assistant to the President of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. As a c o n s u l t a n t to Y o u n g America's Foundation, Jim is responsible for originating and organizing the Foundation's bold new summer orientation seminars for pre-college students and undergraduates. The idea of the seminar is to prepare students who believe in freedom and CLOSE UP continued on page 8
GOLDWATER AND HELMS TOP SPEAKER S U R V E Y Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater and North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms were the most popular campus speakers in a poll taken by Young America's Foundation. Goldwater finished first as the most requested with 1699 requests. Helms finished a close second with 1591. The Foundation poll was taken among Young America's Foundation supporters to determine their preference for campus lecturers. The poll noted that leftists and radicals have dominated the campus lecture circuit for the 24 month period studied. Among the other poll leaders were: National Review editor William F . Buckley with 1278, Time for Truth author William Simon with 1126, General John Singlaub with 783, and Congressman Larry McDonald with
567. The Foundation recently sponsored lectures by William Buckley, General John Singlaub, author Phillip Abbott Luce, and General Daniel Graham. Speaking engagements have been scheduled for Congressman Larry McDonald and television commentator Avi Nelson. The balance of proposed lectures is being planned by the Foundation with campus affiliates. The Foundation is also planning to publish an updated report on campus lectures for use by campus speakers bureaus, student governments, and independent campus organizations. Frequently individual speakers requested by a campus organization maybe unavailable on a specific date. Nevertheless, a major lecturer is almost always available during the course of a Fall or Spring semester.
List of speakers recommended for campus programs: 1699 Barry Goldwater 1591 Jesse Helms 1278 William F . Buckley 1126 William Simon 902 James Jackson Kilpatrick John Singlaub 783 Jack Kemp 650 567 Larry McDonald 437 George Will 411 Philip Crane 361 Phyllis Schlafly 330 Phillip Abbott Luce Daniel Graham 325 175 Jerry Falwell 164 Avi Nelson 132 Jeffirey Bell
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Dear Friend: While Iranian students in Teheran were holding American diplomats hostage, Iranian students in the United States were using our Universities to gain our technological expertise. The Washington Post reviewed the status of the Iranian students in the United States in an article in their November 9th edition. They wrote, "the vast bulk of Iranian students . . . continue to study and work toward the degrees that will win them prestigious professional jobs.'' Quoting, "Ali", an American University graduate student in economics "those who spent their time in political meetings still do". Ali did note, however, that, "most of our friends went back to fight during the revolution last year." This curious situation should come as no surprise to those who have studied the state of the American campuses in the late 1970s. While our colleges and universities are unsurpassed in their ability to impart technical skills, they fail to provide a broad based liberal arts program that will give a student an opportunity to understand and appreciate our economic and political heritage. Without such an understanding, a foreign student may return home accepting the idea that America's wealth comes from something other than our market economy. In fact, if they are taught that capitalism is exploiting the "Third World", they are likely to return home embittered against the United States. And this is exactly what has happened with countless Iranian students. More Iranians receive their higher education in the United States than in
8 Iran. Over 60,000 Iranian students study on American campuses and they receive the same left wing prop a g a n d a that their A m e r i c a n counterparts receive. The only difference is that an Iranian student is more susceptible to believe a professor who claims the United States is imperialistic or that capitalism exploits people. It is the sad truth that the atmosphere on the American campus may have been one of the direct causes of the upheavels in Iran. How great the change in world events would be if foreign students in the United States attended colleges and universities that more accurately taught them an appreciation for individual freedom instead of Marxist ideology—or if the average political science or history professor compared America's relinquishing our dominant position after World War II with the Soviet Union's enslaving of Eastern Europe. The Post report also quoted Mustafa Haghjoo, a computer science graduate student at George Washington University. He said, "We need top technology like computer science. We want to take the technology back with us . . . [but] . . . we hate the U . S . government." We know our technological advances come from living in a free society. But, you cannot have the cake without knowing how to bake it. Unfortunately, our campuses have talked too long about distributing wealth and too little about how our private sector produces it. Although Iranian "students" actions in seizing American diplomats is reprehensible, the responsibility for their attitudes may lie in our own state of higher education. The final outcome of the Iranian revolution maybe less important than a thorough re-evaluation of our own campuses. Lord Acton warned us that those who ignore the past are condemned to repeat it. If we continue to turn out thousands of Radical students we will only have ourselves to blame for the loss of respect for America throughout the world. Few students return home with a misunderstanding of A m e r i c a ' s outstanding advances in such fields as medicine, engineering, and com-
puter sciences. Yet they remain grossly ignorant of our economic, political, and social successes. It is time we make greater efforts in these other fields. If we do not, we can expect an increasing number of otherwise well educated leaders leading the assault on our own security. Sincerely
4 ^ Ron Robinson President
CLOSE UP continued from page 6 in their country to defend their beliefs in the often hostile environment of American college campuses. He wishes there had been such a program when he was a freshman. Asked if he thinks the program is as much needed as it once was, he replies, "The campuses only appear quiet today. They are boiling under the surface. The same professors are still there teaching the same destructive things and their students of the sixties are back too. But now they are teaching in high schools as well as in college. If radicals are no longer burning down campus buildings, it is because they now have offices in them."