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- NATION, Page 47American NotesPREJUDICEIvy League Outcry
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- In a decade-long offensive a gainst campus liberalism, the
- staff of the independent student weekly Dartmouth Review has
- managed to offend women, blacks, Native Americans and
- homosexuals. Last week, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Review
- sank to a new low by printing Hitler's boast that "by warding
- off the Jews, I am fighting for the Lord's work." The Dartmouth
- campus erupted with indignation. Though editor in chief Kevin
- Pritchett claimed that some unidentified culprit had sneaked
- the quote into print, the Review's president and two other
- staff members quit. Outraged students supported by faculty
- members organized a mass protest that brought a throng to the
- campus green.
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- Before the week ended, the controversy had spilled over into
- national politics. There were congressional calls for the
- wealthy conservatives who keep the Review afloat to cease their
- contributions. The incident, said Massachusetts Democrat
- Chester G. Atkins, was "yet another example of this
- publication's policy of whipping up hate."
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