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...Dingman is not at fault. The College's disciplinary system has a responsibility to communicate with outside parties who are directly affected by our students' misbehavior. As chair of the subcommittee responsible for the case, Dingman acted responsibly in assuring Kane that the College was concerned and was taking action in this matter. On one hand, the staff calls for greater "openness" to the public. On the other, it inconsistently condemns contact with the D.U., an involved party. Perhaps the staff itself ought to realize that the final clubs, insofar as they concern Harvard, are part of the public whose...
...second principle also came into play in the aftermath of the now-well-publicized brawl at the D.U. club. Louis J. Kane '53, president of the club's graduate board, said in March that Associate Dean of the College Thomas A. Dingman '67 had told him the names of two students who were involved in Administrative Board proceedings after the fight. Such action would constitute a clear violation of federal privacy...
...While Dingman later said that he didn't remember whether or not he told Kane the students' names, his explanation of the conversation with Kane rings hollow. Dingman said that Kane had a "right to know" about the proceedings, since "[i]t happened in a facility he oversees and he is responsible...
...Kane should not have a direct relationship with a College administrator; if he wanted to know about the proceedings, he should have gone to the students themselves. The line of association runs as follows: Kane-students-Dingman. Kane has no legitimate direct connection to Dingman--his club members, in their role as students, are his connection...
...result of Dingman's questionable actions in a continued lack of openness. The University should make its ties and disclosures public, even in the event that the hearings themselves must remain private...