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...Crimson has already stated its belief that the College's disciplining of protesters involved in these incidents--via the long-dormant Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR)--is abhorrent because the CRR is used only to prosecute political activists. Unfortunately, the law school's handling of the same two incidents seems even more outrageous. The Law School Ad Board has acted as prosecutor, judge and jury for its students; it has selectively prosecuted those it believes to be political activists; it has unfairly penalized a student's future job prospects instead of the student himself; and it has unfairly forced...
...past few days the Conservative Club has been outraged by the sympathetic treatment given by the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities to those students who attacked, intimidated, and harrassed South African diplomat Abe S. Hoppenstein at Lowell House last spring. By effectively condoning the actions of the protestors, the CRR has both insulted Mr. Hoppenstein and demonstrated that Harvard will take no action against those who disrupt conservative speakers, making sure that such speakers will hesitate to come to Harvard in the future. Further, if such speakers do come, the CRR's actions only encourage protestors to disrupt their speaking...
There is little that can be done about the secrecy in which the CRR's recent hearings were conducted; it is too late to call for public-access transcripts only because testimony before the committee was given with the understanding that it would remain confidential. However, the committee could certainly demonstrate good faith and avoidance of whitewash by requesting the permission of those who testified to release their testimony. Making the transcripts public with the names of the principles deleted would not compromise anyone's right to privacy and would certainly help lift the pall of doubt and uncertainty that...
...open hearing and to have legal counsel present at hearings. Under current procedures, whether or not hearings are held fairly or with repect for due process, there is no way to guarantee that they will be, because they take place behind closed doors. By holding hearings in secret, the CRR invites charges of impropriety or unfairness and gives the Harvard community little reason to have faith in the fairness of its proceedings...
...them a fair hearing. Moreover, it would demonstrate the University's interest in fairness to the community as a whole and would give the public an opportunity to learn the circumstances surrounding controversial events. Such was the admirable but unrealized intent of Dean Spence's original directive to the CRR...