Word: behavior
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Dean of the College John B. Fox Jr. '59 and Athletic Director John P. Reardon '60 have co-authored a short statement on student behavior at athletic events, with emphasis on men's hockey. In addition to the registration copy, the statement also appeared in The Crimson on the same day. The main thrust of the document is laudable. Citing the dangerous events at last year's Cornell game, in which the Cornell goalie was struck down by a thrown beer bottle, the administrators exhort students to show proper respect for the safety of the players. They correctly request that...
...throwing of objects onto the playing area. However, unlike heckling in classrooms or at University-sponsored speaking events, shouting of any kind at athletic events neither impedes the game nor endangers the participants. Harvard should not use this document, or any other, as a pretext for regulating students' vocal behavior at athletic contests...
...passports stamped and got on their buses, which spread them around among four hotels. They were tired now. There was no whooping, no hollering. They had talked of tearing the town apart, but in the end they were as docile as garden slugs. The only recorded incident of aberrant behavior occurred at the Hotel George V, where, according to Manager Paulo De Pol, a man tossed his cowboy hat into the air, demanded a car and driver, and expressed the intention of hitting every bar in Paris. A little later, two of De Pol's employees carried the comatose...
...struck in the finely tuned harmonies of Swiss political life. Forgoing customary politesse, the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, the country's second largest, accused their conservative coalition partners of "arrogance" and voted to walk out of the coalition. The issue that precipitated such un-Swiss behavior: Parliament's rejection of the first woman ever to be nominated for the august Federal Council...
...match was particularly good from a sportsmanship point of view," said Assistant Coach Bill Austin. "The Williams coach said the sportsmanship and court behavior of the Harvard team were the best he's seen all season," added Austin...