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...University policy, on page 428 of the Handbook for Students, states that all legitimate organizations must have “a constitution and by-laws whose membership clause shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, or physical disability.” Note that it only speaks of non-discrimination of membership. We do not believe that the constitution of HRCF violates the University policy, and the council exists to fund University-approved clubs. We are more than willing to add a clause to our constitution that makes explicit what is already implicit: that anyone...
...upfront: cheating—most commonly in the insidious form of copying or other illicit collaboration—happens quite a bit at Harvard on take-home assignments, especially problem sets. Worse, Harvard’s prohibitory policies on inappropriate collaboration, while explicitly stated in the Handbook for Students and often in course syllabi themselves, are enforced about as effectively as anti-terrorism legislation is enforced by the Palestinian Authority...
...Dorm Crew should not be responding to student complaints after weeks of bathroom negligence. Students expect and need their bathrooms cleaned once a week for both consistency and hygiene. My Winthrop House handbook even indicates this expectation; it says, “private bathrooms are normally cleaned once a week by Dorm Crew. If your bathroom is not cleaned at this interval…please call Dorm Crew.” To ensure that students get their bathroom cleaned every week, the University should reduce Dorm Crew’s jurisdiction and increase the number of bathrooms cleaned by professional...
...planned to read from and speak about his new book, “The Invasion Handbook,” the first installment of an epic poem about World...
Kirby said recently that one of the committee’s top priorities will be “taking the mystery out of the tenure process.” One idea he floated, making sure that each faculty member has a copy of the Faculty handbook, is a no-brainer. But far more important is ensuring that tenure review procedures are standardized and transparent. Former Associate Professor of Government Peter Berkowitz, whose suit against the University is ongoing, asserted that in his tenure review the Faculty failed to follow its own grievance policies. And last year, University President Lawrence...