Word: bans
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STUDENT publications were justifiably outraged last week when the masters of Kirkland and North Houses announced a ban on door-to-door distribution of "unsolicited" material. Although the motive for the ban--cutting down on garbage in the halls--sounds innocent enough, the new policy represents an unwarranted restriction on free speech at Harvard that ought not to be tolerated...
...reasons for the ban appear to be perfectly straightforward, but comments made by Kirkland House Master Donald Pfister last week betray a serious problem in the attitude of some administrators...
...tells students that postering is a privilege, not a right. It is the same attitude which allowed Henry C. Moses, the dean of first-year students, to continue delivering the official Yard Bulletin--on the grounds that it contained information students needed to read--when a similar door-drop ban was announced in the Yard last year...
...really exists, has been around for years. The halls will endure for the few weeks necessary to install the baskets. For that matter, if litter is such a problem, why weren't they installed over the summer? Kirkland already has such baskets--why do they need a ban on door drops...
...ban on door-dropping is not a workable solution, and is incompatible with our continued survival. Please take this to heart and reconsider the door-drop ban if this pertains to your house. I'm sure I speak for all the publications in saying that I'd rather work with house administrators than against them. We have a common goal--improving life in the College community. Let us achieve it together...