Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...withdraw my references to the "severe" nature of a reprimand, and my implication that the Ad Board may be seeking to chill legitimate dissent as well as curtail improper conduct. I still maintain that the punishments handed out were undeserved, and in Jennifer's case, clearly unjust. Jinku Lee Harvard Law School
...Faculty Council will "want considerable involvement" by students in deciding changes to the CRR, said Secretary of the Faculty John R. Marquand. Students have perennially refused to participate in CRR proceedings, either as delegates or defendants, because they say it is an illegitimate body used exclusively to punish political dissent...
...protest--and it will be as unremitting, vocal and publicized as ever. Furthermore, if it is perceived that the Board was deliberately and unjustly heavy-handed in their treatment of students-if it is felt that they seek not only to curtail "improper" conduct but also to chill ligitimate dissent, few students, I believe, will stand...
...meantime, what really hurts in all of this misplaced activity is the very real harms to the University that it inflicts--in the chilling of rightful and desirable student dissent, in the ever-widening rift between the Administration and the student body it purports to administer to, and in the injustices done to some of the most deserving and selfless members of our community. Jinku Lee 1L Law School
Although the sit-in at 17 Quincy Street had raised questions about whether the protesters would remain within the bounds of the Resolution, the spring's demonstrations at Harvard had generally expressed legitimate dissent on an important issue in a civil fashion. The free exercise of these rights of political protest and debate is expressly protected by the Resolution. Against this background, the Lowell House incident was shocking and disgraceful. Fundamental civil liberties were violated in a most shameful fashion. To be sure, much of the misconduct during this incident may not have been premeditated; many of those who behaved...