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Today's undergraduate Commencement speakerswill be Lisa M. Mignone '98, who will give theLatin Oration and David Brunton '98, who willdeliver the undergraduate oration
...reporting of the article provoked a strong reaction from the Kuumba community on a number of counts. "Our e-mail list is absolutely not a public forum," David Brunton '97-'98, Treasurer of the group, explains. "Kuumba is like a big family, and to the minds of the choir members, e-mails on the list are informal and intimate. There are no guarded responses here, like there would be if it were intended for public use." Members also contend it is easy to tell which posts are public--like an announcement of concert times and venues--and which are meant...
...consider implications beyond the commercial proposition of the story at any cost. The paper has responsibilities to the cohesiveness of the community and to building a spirit of mutual respect and courtesy. And this spirit, at the very least, was definitely betrayed in this case. Kuumba members like Brunton point out, "the story could have been written without quoting those people. There were plenty of others who were happy to cooperate." Perhaps the story would not have had as much bang, perhaps it would not have been as sensational it was, but it would have avoided treading on the toes...
...does it trump a commitment to a basic code of reporting policies? After all, most Kuumba members did not have a problem with the story itself, but rather to how the story was reported. "I agree it was newsworthy, and I am glad the story was written," says Brunton, "but not this way, not by pulling people's private e-mails. You don't expect this from a reputable news source, you don't expect it from The Crimson." Kristin Williams '00, vice president of Kuumba, was more emphatic, "It was just unethical," she said...
...coming home to England anytime soon. British authorities now say that they will defer to Singapore's jurisdiction and will not extradite Leeson to Britain. As a trader in Singapore, Leeson allegedly caused the collapse of the venerable 232-year old Baring Bros. Bank. TIME's Michael Brunton reports from London: "Leeson has run out of options. Now he's in for a long trial and a longer sentence in Singapore. I guess the David Frost interview didn't work." Leeson is currently being held in a German prison awaiting a decision on Singapore's application to extradite him. Leeson...