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...university is a temple to meritocracy, where the religious ardor of intellectualism purifies us of our class distinctions. To the extent that class does exist, it checks itself at Johnston gate. If legacy status gave you leg up in the admissions process, no one asks you about it once you’re here. Overt social elitism would be as shocking as racism, and condemned as such. Even some final clubs shield themselves from the shrill accusation of “classism” by waiving dues for cash-strapped members...
...better education. Their first big victory came in 1969 with the black-armband case, called Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. In a 7-to-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that students don't "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech ... at the schoolhouse gate" as long as they don't cause "substantial disruption" at school. Courts gave students even more rights over the next decade, but the rise of drugs and alcohol on campus made judges increasingly sympathetic to schools. In the '80s, the Supreme Court cut back the rights granted in Tinker, telling schools...
Downer said he gave chase as the suspect went down a stairway and left Quincy courtyard through the south gate that faces Leverett House. At that point the suspect pulled a knife and said, “I’m on drugs. Come closer and I’ll kill you.” Downer said he then called the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). Craig and Downer said that the chase led them to the Peabody Terrace apartment complex, where HUPD officers arrived and apprehended the suspect...
...point, the suspect jumped over a gate at Mather House. Craig followed the suspect into the House while Downer, who was on his cell phone with HUPD at the time, ran around the side of the dormitory. Craig's roommate, Brandon R. Logigian ’07, said he followed the chase from about 20 yards behind. Craig said the suspect was a 6’3” heavy-set black male wearing khakis and a blue and white striped shirt...
...carriers was supposed to simplify prices for everyone, but that hasn't happened. "People are suspicious," he says, "and wonder what kind of game is being played because they don't understand what the system is designed to do." Ideally, he says, airlines would have an auction at the gate for every seat on a flight; those who absolutely had to fly would pay the most...