Word: hdns
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...half-hearted attempt to straighten out the problems. Although Olive had left for good by February, Epps and Smith did not balance the checkbook until well into April--more than a month after the first $4000 loan from Cambridge Trust had paid off part of a bad debt. If HDNS could afford that much in loans, it could have paid for an accountant to make sense out of its books. Or Epps could have made a serious attempt to find Olive--who was working in a restaurant in Faneuil Hall--and demanded restitution...
...didn't meet up with Olive until late May, more than four months after Olive left HDNS. Then, Epps' compassion for Olive--who, the dean learned, was a "drug user"--blinded him to his duties as HDNS's overseer; he took pains not to upset the former manager. But students and even Times officials allege that Olive was a cocaine dealer on campus well before he left HDNS. Had Epps known this, he would have treated Olive more harshly, since University policy is to prosecute campus drug dealers: "My actions were based upon the assumption that he was simply...
This statement is revealing not only as a testament to Epps' continuous reaction to the situation as dean of students, but also to his basic lack of knowledge about HDNS's affairs during Olive's tenure as manager. Epps says he decided to use College money in mid-April because "he hadn't really gotten an accurate notion of what was going on." While it is possible--and even tempting--to explain Epps' actions on the basis of his compassion for Olive or his concern for students in general, his ignorance is inexcusable...
...DESPITE HDNS's consistently poor track record since its birth in 1975, Epps refused early this fall to terminate HDNS, to find a way to bring it legally under Harvard's jurisdiction, or to allow an independent student organization to take over the delivery route. Having ironed out some of its early-semester delivery problems, HDNS admittedly could pull itself out of the mire, despite a poor reputation and an outstanding $5000 debt to Cambridge Trust. On the other hand, Epps has not proved that he is willing to keep himself up-to-date about HDNS...
...says, "I made some very bad mistakes, and I'm not trying to defend myself." Epps has yet to publicly convey either of those sentiments. As dean of students, he can be forgiven for concerning himself with the personal problems of one of his charges. But as overseer of HDNS, Epps still has almost 1000 subscribers to answer...