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Granted, the Ad Board is not the KGB, and it is unlikely that miscarriages of justice occur so readily. But by all accounts, something is quite wrong with the punishment handed out in the case at hand. The facts are as follows: John Burnham, a football recruit from Washington, D.C., was taken to the D.U. one Saturday in February. He argued with Sean Hansen '95, after which time Burnham left the club. He returned to the club to confront Hansen, and a fist fight erupted. It is not clear how the fight began--almost everyone at the scene was drunk...
This punishment flatly contradicts the Ad Board's policy as explained in its brochure. The booklet provides sample cases, meant to illustrate a representative punishment for a given crime. The relevant case deals with two hypothetical students named Kirk Land and Lev Rette who become involved in a fight resulting in "cuts and bruises" for both. The punishment? "The Ad Board required both KL and LR to withdraw for one year because of physical violence...
...serious fracture to his eye and says he still suffers from double vision. And he was a prospective student, a guest of the College. This situation was no longer a purely internal affair--it tarnishes Harvard's image before the eyes of the rest of the world. The Ad Board maintains that it deals harshly with such cases...
...policy regarding final clubs. Ostensibly, the University broke off all ties to the clubs in 1984. Thus, the DU must be considered "off campus"--not on University-affiliated property. Hansen's case, then, took place off campus and involved a non-student. It's debatable whether or not the Ad Board should have handled this case in lieu of the Cambridge police. Would Hansen have enjoyed the same protection under Harvard's jurisdiction if the beating had taken place in Au Bon Pain...
...possible that for fear of offending DU alums in particular and final club alums in general, Hansen's case was given special treatment? Because the Ad Board is so secretive, very little information is available and this is all conjecture. But things look very suspicious, to say the least...