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...meeting approached, though, I couldn’t bring myself to believe I was going to get Ad Boarded for a greeting card—I was sure it was some other issue of which I was unaware...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Greetings from the Ad Board | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Later that night, I got the news that I would be meeting with Jay Ellison, Secretary of the Ad Board, about the CVS card.  I was in shock.  Was I going to be suspended because The Crimson supposedly “disrupted the workday” at the registrar’s office with some flowers and chocolate...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Greetings from the Ad Board | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Dean Ellison was surprisingly good-natured, despite my fears. He noted that the Ad Board was investigating the issue and had not decided whether or not to make it a formal case.  He asked me some basic questions and sent me on my way. I did not know whether to be relieved or more worried...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Greetings from the Ad Board | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Over the course of the next several weeks, several of my peers went through the same process, including the managing editor, the associate managing editors, who run the news board, and the leaders of the election process on the news board.  The uncertainty and fear of Ad-Board retribution weighed heavy on our minds for weeks...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Greetings from the Ad Board | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...random, unexpected dealing out of punishment by the Ad Board and the deans breeds fear and, ultimately, lack of respect.  If giving President Drew G. Faust a fake check for $1 billion—which we did during a previous Grand Elections and she said she found amusing—is allowable but presenting the registrar’s office with a Hallmark card is an offense worthy of months of investigation, there is no real way to know, as a student, where lines are drawn.  Thus we are faced with two options: accept the risk...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Greetings from the Ad Board | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

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