Word: handbooks
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...does Harvard pay its bills? The answer is, it doesn't. We do. Every year all students--even those who choose to live off campus--pay a "Student Services Fee" that, according to the student handbook, "covers College services and facilities provided by the houses and Freshman Dean's Office." This fee--$1689.00 for the 2000-2001 school year--factors in the costs of energy consumption for all shared house facilities used by students--common rooms, lounge areas, and, yes, laundry facilities. Thus, to borrow the words of one administrator, Harvard is essentially "double dipping," charging students for the energy...
...concentration guide in the Handbook for Students is not adequate, Gusmorino says. "[The section on the History Department] quotes Cicero, but it doesn't tell you what it's like to be in that department," he says...
...filing its most recent motion to dismiss the case, the University argued that a Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling last September suggested that courts should not interfere with private universities' internal procedures. The court ruled against a student who had claimed that Brandeis University disregarded its student handbook guidelines when it disciplined him for allegedly raping another undergraduate...
...While I find some of these behaviors silly, it would be difficult, not to say impossible, to enforce a ban on foolish or silly acts in public, unless they violate a rule in the handbook or the laws of the Commonwealth...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences handbook for students contains two distinct non-discrimination policies: a general policy and a policy specifically directed towards undergraduate organizations. The general non-discrimination policy states that "any form of discrimination based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status or disability unrelated to course requirements is contrary to the principles and policies of Harvard University." The non-discrimination policy for student organizations, however, is noticeably narrower, providing only that "all officially recognized undergraduate organizations" must have "a constitution and by-laws whose membership clause shall...