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Writing a research paper every day is somewhat taxing; I sometimes feel like I'm on a never-ending cycle of all-nighters. It can be especially frustrating because Charlie has been rumored to disregard the information completely at times and instead pursue the interview on his own terms...
...drooling on my chin, but my good sense got the better of me and I mover over, glowering at him all the while. I took out my free magazine (one of the perks of flying the shuttle) and tried to look absorbed--again, to no avail. In total disregard for my obvious shows of disinterest, the man started talking. "So, are you in school around here?" With a sigh of resignation, I turned and answered...
Alumni also voiced concerns still heard on campus today, including the prevalence of overly large courses and the administration's disregard for student worries...
...protesters' disregard for the value of intelligent discussion was implicit in their actions, it was made explicit--and frightening--by the statement of Jason B. Phillips '99 that "Harvard needs to watch its professors, watch what they say." This, of course, would fly in the face of our tradition of academic tenure, a tradition that guarantees freedom of expression and thought within academia's walls. If this tradition is abandoned and the University punishes professors on the basis of their opinions or scholarship, the market place of ideas upon which democracy rests would be severely damaged. Mr. Phillips might well...
Drug use "immediately causes individuals to commit crime, as they disregard our rationally imposed legal norms." What crimes do drug users immediately commit, except for the crime of using drugs? Perhaps Kaufman is referring to statistics that 70 percent of violent crimes are committed by people on drugs. This is a powerful statistic, but one should also note that in the majority of these violent, drug-induced crimes, alcohol was the only drug. And the four drugs the students are charged with are not known to contribute in any way to violent behavior (many would contend they suppress violent behavior...