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...Crimson last spring called for the abolition of the CRR, calling it an illegitimate body used to quell political protest. Today's view, however, claims that illegitimate bodies are acceptable, as long as they handle complaints by both students and faculty...
...feel that the majority's proposal for a new committee reduces the legitimacy of charges that the COI is useless. The abolition of the COI would be a positive step for the rights of all members of this community. The establishment of a body as "illegitimate" as the CRR would...
...their civil liberties. Unfortunately, a comparison of the University's response to students' complaints and its handling of official grievances reveals an unconscionable double standard. If the University is serious about giving special protection to individual rights, it ought to dissolve both the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR) and the Commission of Inquiry (COI) and replace them with a truly autonomous judiciary board holding jurisdiction over the entire Harvard community...
University Hall's grievances against student anti-apartheid protesters are currently being considered by the CRR, a judiciary body which can independently administer the full range of University punishments--except dismissal and expulsion, which require approval from the full Faculty. But students complaining of violations of their rights had no independent authority to which they could appeal. The only formal channel for their complaints was the COI, a body whose function, according to the Handbook for Students, is to "re-direct [complaints] to the appropriate agency of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences" but which has "no power to make...
While the CRR is unlikely to attempt a wholesale elimination of the divestment organization at Harvard, we have an example ready to hand of the damage done when those in power move against the very leaders who could do the most to resolve a potentionally explosive situation. The South African government has shown none of the restraint that we expect from Harvard and other American universities; while we have waited for the CRR's decision, Botha's government has lauched an unprecedented crackdown on leaders of internal dissent movements--especially more moderate leaders. As increasing numbers of committed non-violent...