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...athletes is "undocumented." In the face of the writer's admitted ignorance on the subject, how does he reach his conclusions? Obviously, the source of Kurzman's information is "common knowledge," hardly a basis for responsible writing. Kurzman cannot judge athletes unworthy to attend Harvard on the basis of hearsay. Harvard has maintained, since the turn of the century, more intercollegiate sports than any other Division I school in the country. Despite this apparent heresy, Harvard is still regarded as a great university. According to Kurzman, "It's a shame we can't have our fun and be taken seriously...
Testimony before the subcommittee was not packaged as neatly as the lawsuits. Because most of the alleged Marcos holdings have been purchased through offshore corporations and layers of agents, much of the evidence has the quality of hearsay...
...hearsay," said Dr. Deborah J. Anderson, who worked on the study, "but we thought that in light of the present debate about New Coke vs. Old Coke we'd do a quick study just to see how they compared as spermicides...
...lacks credibility because it exists only to punish political offenses and because its procedures--no right of appeal to a higher body, possible use of hearsay evidence, lack of clear guidelines matching punishments to crimes--are a mockery of due process...
There are many issues concerning the CRR other than a possible boycott. For example, people have raised questions about the committee's use of hearsay evidence. One action the students might take instead of a boycott is to send representatives with specific instructions to modify this policy. There's a whole range of issues and a whole range of legitimate action that only happens to include not sending any representatives...