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...classroom. Harvard will say two things: Students should refrain from immoral acts not because they will be punished, but because the actions are wrong; and the values (hopefully) instilled by Harvard will be carried far beyond the gates of the Yard.In conjunction with the Honor Code, Harvard should also establish an Honor Council composed of students, faculty, and administration officials in order to publicly try students accused of breaching the Honor Code. The frighteningly mysterious and over-reaching Administrative Board at Harvard is outdated and in dire need of reform. Although it mostly issues slaps on the wrist to Harvard...
...high court ruled that Carlin’s puerile theatrics were not subject to First Amendment protection, but the narrow 5-4 margin in the FCC’s favor undermined any attempt to establish a definitive standard for indecency. Justice John Paul Stevens—writing for the majority—only confused the matter with his tortured use of metaphor...
Orenstein said that the technology will be useful in high-risk pregnancies, although LONO also hopes to establish a home market for fetal heart monitors...
...addition to the Guard, Phelps' antics provoked anti-funeral-demonstration legislation, passed in nine states and proposed in more than 12 others and in Congress. Most of the laws establish a protest-free buffer of several hundred feet around memorial services. Civil libertarians say such statutes are vulnerable to challenge, especially since a Supreme Court decision in 2000 allotted only an 8-ft. buffer around anyone entering protested abortion clinics. David Hudson of Washington's First Amendment Center argues that the bikers' vroom trumps clearing room. Paraphrasing former Justice Louis Brandeis, Hudson says, "The remedy is more speech, not enforced...
...merger. The Peabody School is located a few blocks north of Radcliffe Yard. But when the consolidation occurred despite the protest, causing some of those parents who also fought against the motion to leave the district, Nolan considered running for a seat on the School Committee.After failing to establish a charter school of her own and working for a corporate environmental organization in 2004, Nolan decided to become involved in politics again.“When I had a little free time, I found myself getting sucked right back into going to School Committee meetings and trying to make...