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According to a Nov. 2 New York Times article, the University of North Carolina seems to be selecting an effective honor code policy. Like other schools, UNC is considering a new grade “XF,” which has been designated to indicate that cheating was the reason for failure. This is a positive change that should be adopted by more schools. When failure and guilt are not enough of a deterrent, the shame of a scarlet XF might do the trick...
...said all students were given a copy of the harassment code and a list of ombudspeople who could investigate complaints...
...representative of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), at a Nov. 18 town hall meeting, suggested that the committee expand the Law School’s anti-harassment code in order to shield students from future racial insensitivity. Because the Law School’s code already proscribes actions that constitute racial harassment, the BLSA’s request must target speech. Any expanded harassment policy that would cover more than actions, regardless of what one chooses to call it, amounts to a speech code and therefore subverts the principles of the First Amendment. If enacted, it would...
...jumped into the fray by offering a cheap alternative to cellular service via a wireless technology first introduced in Japan in the 1990s. Called the Personal Handyphone System in Japan but renamed Xiao Lingtong (Little Smart) in China, the service doesn't allow callers to roam outside their area code and reception is often poor. But per-minute charges are about 1 and only the caller pays, compared with the 5-a-minute charge assessed both caller and receiver by the established mobile carriers. Although fixed line operators China Telecom and China Netcom are technically prohibited from competing...
...Harvard’s administration had overturned the invitation, or set down regulations on what Paulin may say when he comes. The right to free speech protects people from being silenced by official power. Harvard Law School, for example, is tossing around the idea of a campus speech code, and free speech activists would find an excellent cause for themselves by taking a stroll north of the Science Center...