As students, administrators and studentorganizations continue to debate the issuessurrounding Counter, Knowles urged those involvedto change the level of campus discourse.

"I don't think one has a discussion or evenconducts an argument by assertion," he said."Rather, to learn we have to listen, and bylistening, we may understand."

"We have problems in our society when ourdiscussions move from the challenging andquestioning, as far as the intemperate and theinsulting," Knowles said. "I don't believe that Ican usefully discuss philosophy, physics or finearts if I am too strident or confrontational."

Knowles said he is concerned with the lack ofcommunicaton that may arise from the currentdiscourse.

"It's harder to listen when other peoples'volume control is turned up too high," Knowlessaid.

Knowles also said that one of the principalmedia for exchanges about Counter--The Crimson'snews and editorial pages--may be inadequate.

"I hope we can find a forum for talking anddiscussion, in addition to the pages of TheCrimson," Knowles said. "Because if it's just thepages of The Crimson, we are in danger ofourselves taking positions rather than listeningand hearing the concerns of others."

"I should like to move to a community wheremore people have their receivers turned on andfewer have their transmitters turned on," Knowlessaid.

President Neil L. Rudenstine has urged theHarvard community to move past the controversy,and to begin a healing process.

Rudenstine and other administrators have beenconducting a series of meetings with Jewish andBlack students in an attempt to ease campustensions