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Krueger was an exceptional young man with a beautiful heart and a brilliant mind whose life was taken from him in the first moments of college by life-threatening conditions that did not have to exist. As members of Scott's family as well as of the Harvard community, we take offense and ask that The Crimson desist from ever again referencing Scott Krueger as "a first-year who drank himself to death." And, as MIT President Vest said in his press release, let us "now move on with the healing process...
...with most disciplinary matters in-house; 10 colleges in the area signed a legal brief supporting Brandeis in Shaer's case. There is a strong justification for a university disciplining its students in most cases--an institution of higher learning is a distinct community in which certain unique obligations exist between members. In addition, universities ought to have the ability to punish students for infractions of the rules that might not necessarily qualify as a crime in court...
...Kennard argues that all the networks have a responsibility to televise the debates; he even characterizes the broadcasts as a repayment of debt. And he's right: If not for the beneficence of government (and the networks' skillful lobbying efforts), NBC and Fox might exist in a drastically reduced capacity - or perhaps not at all. The major networks control airwaves that are, ostensibly, public domain. And, as Kennard sees it, that federal largesse demands an effort to give something back (i.e., the debates) every four years...
Mileur said he too is doubtful that Nader and the Green Party will hit the five percent mark, mainly because economic times are good and because differences between the two major parties do, in fact, exist...
...trend has political scientists and civic activists complaining like never before: Campaign finance laws, such as they are, exist to curtail the political influence of individual donors and interest groups by limiting campaign contributions to $2,000. Under existing legislation, however, those same donors can funnel unlimited funds into the Republican or Democratic parties, which in turn use the cash to buy campaign advertisements...