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They say they didn't know anything about the AdBoard, anything about the proper procedure andtheir rights. They say they believe their senioradvisor did not argue on their behalf butrecommended the harsh sentence. "She was supposedto be our advocate, but I got the feeling from thestart she was not happy with what we had done,"Sam says. They point to a number of breaks fromprocedure. They say they were asked to sign theStudent-Faculty Judiciary from after their casehad gone before the Board, instead of before aswritten in the rules. They were discouraged fromappearing before the board, and they were...
...Board is mainly looking forrepentance and a sense the student learned fromthe experience. Despite the fact most Harvardstudents can figure out how to work the systemfairly quickly, Allan Erbsen '94 warned in aletter to The Harvard Crimson that the Ad Boardmay not be fulfilling its goals. "Even when the AdBoard reaches a 'good' outcome, students are oftenso alienated by the process that they drive noneof the educational benefits that the Ad Board hadhoped to impart to them," Erbsen wrote...
...essentially dismissed,; hereceived a "scratch," which exonerates the studentcompletely of any wrongdoing. Despite hisagreement with the decision reached, Braunsteinstill says the system could have been better. Inparticular he would have liked the opportunity tocross-examine his accusers, a feature of the legalsystem that many students say they wish the AdBoard shared. "I agree with making everythingpublic. The Ad Board should be held accountable.In an academic setting dedicated to veritasthe Administration shouldn't be afraid of havingtheir decisions questioned in a public forum,"Braunstein argues...
Students often try to compare the AdBoard to a court of law, which administrators saysimply is not the case. Jeffrey Wolcowitz,vice-chair of the Board says it is not a judge orJury but "an educational tool." Nevertheless,since requirement to withdraw from Harvard candrastically affect a student's life, many say theywish the standards for evidence were higher. "A1,"who recently came before the board says he feltthe Board's decision to place him on probation wasnot unfair but believes "in a court of law I'dhave been sitting back and relaxing...
Drake notes the Ad Board process seems toconflict with the ideas of due process. "It'sdifficult when there are two systems and one is somuch more superficial. It's difficult to knowabout the correct relationship between the Adboard and the regular legal community," she pointsout. Keith Light, a former senior advisor forCanaday who served on the Ad Board for two years,says he recognized that "the biggest dilemma ofthe board is working with a standard that fits auniversity setting given there is also a standardthat governs the legal system. Beyond a shadow ofa doubt' does not have to apply...