Both Mansfield and the BSA claimed victory this spring: Mansfield boasted that he raised awareness of the an important educational issue, and BSA leaders said they had succeeded in getting Mansfield to modify his statements and pressuring administrators to respond.

But the issue is in some ways unresolved. Administrators, while adamant that Mansfield could absolutely not be punished, are hesitant to criticize the BSA.

"I thought the BSA behaved very well," says Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71, who attended the Feb. 13 sit-in. "They were clearly upset."

He emphasizes, though, that though he may disagree with Mansfield, it would have been inappropriate to censure him.

"I would have been very upset if he had resigned over it," Illingworth says.

A Huff Over Horowitz

On Feb. 22, conservative author David Horowitz spoke to an audience of 40 at Harvard Hall. He argued that the New Left is undermining the progress of black Americans with affirmative action policies, suppressing freedom of thought and is contributing to the destruction of American universities.

"The universities," he told the small crowd, "are the most retrogade institutions in American society. They are the least free."

Few could have guessed that Horowitz-once a leading New Left historian-had a plan to try to prove his point.

Days later, Horowitz began an advertising campaign that would catapult him to national prominence-or infamy, depending on who you ask-and would raise serious questions in the minds of many at Harvard and around the country about censorship in the name of being "politically correct."

He submitted an advertisement to about 30 college newspapers-including The Crimson-entitled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea-and Racist Too."

The UC-Berkeley Daily Californian ran the ad on Feb. 28 and immediately printed a front-page apology when 40 protestors, including Daily Cal staffers, confronted editor-in-chief Daniel Hernandez about the ad.

In the advertisement, Horowitz argues "there is no single group responsible for the crime of slavery" and claims "reparations to African Americans have already been paid...in the form of welfare benefits and racial preferences."

Horowitz' California-based Center for the Study of Popular Culture sent The Crimson the ad on Feb. 26, but ultimately editors decided not to print it.