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Assault of a police officer is a felony in this country, but even this fact did not deter the protesters from attempting to attack police officers at Kent-Brown's speech. The protesters have made it clear that they have no qualms about employing terrorist activities to accomplish their goals. They believe in a "holier than thou" philosophy in which their ends justify their means. And in adopting this stance, they are in effect challenging the Constitution of the United States of America. Indeed they have a right to do this, but they do not have a right to employ...
...teen cluster suicides have devastated communities across the country in recent years, school systems have set up counseling networks, including suicide-prevention training for teachers and students, suicide hotlines and community- and parent-awareness programs to help identify and deter potential victims. But problem kids often ignore offers of help. Although Bergenfield prides itself on the number of youth-support programs operating in the school district, many students did not seem to be aware of them...
...staff members of Room 13 who did not witness the incident said that it would not deter him from continuing his work there and it "sounded like somebody was just being obnoxious...
Second, security is a necessary evil. It would be infinitely better if any speaker could have his say at Harvard without security and without interruption. If Harvard actually punished just one student for disrupting a spech, we would not have this problem. A single example would deter others. But in every case, from the students who threw paint ballons at Caspar Weinberger to those who drove Wilson Goode and his entire audience out of the hall, the University has refused to mete out any meaningful discipline. In the absence of deterrence, the Club needs, and our speakers demand, adequate security...
Even midterms could not deter people from the temptation outdoors. Lamont Library security guard David Chambers said, "We've been very busy as usual but many more people are checking books out to read outside...