Word: hdns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the answer to the Boston Globe's rhetorical slogan, "Have you seen the Globe today?" became a definitive "no," several students took Harvard Delivery News service (HDNS) to court this spring for failing to either deliver their newspapers or to reimburse them for undelivered issues...
...until this spring, when Mitchell W. Smith '82 became manager of HDNS, the location of the news service office and its telephone number remained a mystery. When Smith succeeded the reclusive Marty Olive '79-4 and publicized the whereabouts of HDNS, hundreds of called-in complaints and legal threats prompted a questionable refund policy...
Even though delivery improved during the spring semester, a handful of students took Smith and HDNS to court and won reimbursements. Most plaintiffs won easily, especially two freshmen who were awarded $25.80 when Smith slept through the proceedings...
Matthews and Esty, however, could not collect the original sum of more than $200 that they claimed HDNS owed a large group of Winthrop House students. The Small Claims Court would not allow them to represent persons who were not present at the hearing...
Matthews and Esty claim the judge's ruling calls for HDNS to base all refunds on the newsstand price. However, Smith said he would not change his policy of paying the lower price to those students who did not buy replacement newspapers...