Word: curfew
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Club members say they are shocked and chagrined by the D.U. graduate board's attempt to implement new limitations on the final club. The proposed restrictions include a 2 a.m. curfew and a ban on kegs. Graduate board members also want to increase dues, current members...
Perhaps predictably, the main complaint in Gaza is that Palestinian Authority or not, Israel is still calling the shots. Gazans initially were jubilant over the redeployment of Israeli troops from populated areas to strategic roads and strong points--no more identity checks, no more nightly curfew. By now they have concluded that in psychological terms the occupation continues. "We still feel the heavy hand of Israel," says Aown Shawa, the mayor of Gaza City. "Getting in and out, for example, is worse than before." Israel's eight closures of the border this year--for security, say Israelis; for harassment...
...headline in Friday's Crimson characterized a restriction on summer school students as a "curfew." In fact, the ban prohibits students from congragating in the Lowell House courtyard during specific hours; it does not proscribe any other movement or require students to be anywhere else at a certain time...
...also find it intriguing that the Summer School administration has imposed a gag order on proctors to prevent them from discussing the curfew. When I was a proctor, the Summer School frequently attempted to ignore or prevent the discussion of problems affecting students, even to the point of compromising student safety...
...article "Curfew Imposed on Lowell House Summer Students" (news story, Aug. 11, 1995), The Crimson erroneously states that this is the first year Lowell has been used to accommodate secondary students. In fact, Lowell was used for secondary school students as recently as 1993, when I served as a proctor for the Summer School...