Word: choses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John T. Koch, assistant professor of Celtic languages and literature, says that he originally expected 45 students to take Literature and Arts C-14, "The Celtic Heroic Age." Much to his surprise, 91 students chose to take the class this fall, and the Coop's shelves are now empty...
...writer's use of the phrase "extensive business dealings with high-ranking officials" to describe my honest and on-the-record business transactions is at best an exaggeration and, at worst, a lie. Obviously enamored by the myth which dictates that bigger is better, the writer chose to use the word "extensive" when in fact there is no justification for use of that word in this context. The misuse of that word may sell copy, but it prostitutes the function of a free press and crucifies communication of the truth...
Instead of opting for a reasonable compromise, house masters chose a course that creates organizational problems for dozens of student publications and undermines the foundations of a free press--all for the sake of clean hallways. This goal may be a noble one, but it in no way justifies a policy of de facto censorship...
...naive fear that a victim sometimes feels of causing a potential scandal, compounded by my being a newly-arrived student, I chose almost immediately not to report the incident. It certainly served, though, to dispel any assumptions that I'd been under of Harvard's being solely a place of enlightened beings. Although he did apologize later, the student had quickly displayed his readiness--no matter how irrational--to take out his frustrations on someone different from himself...
Instead, Moses chose to speak out for the rights of minority students. He defended the existence of minority student organizations, and urged mutual acceptance of ethnic identity, saying "Tolerance is too passive...