Off the pedestal, into battle

The President went on television and called the acts “cowardly.” Amherst students, feeling very clever and superior, snickered at the broadcast. And I knew then that the real tragedy would occur right here, in Amherst, which has been called “25 square miles surrounded by reality.” Cowardice is usually associated with quaking knees and trembling hands. But the cowardice displayed on Sep. 11 had nothing to do with fear and timidity, any more than the justice that America seeks for the responsible