Word: heresay
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Confidence is a boon to women arriving atHarvard from all-female schools, and it seems manyretain it long after they've adjusted to life inthe Yard. Despite claims by proponents ofsingle-sex education that its academic effects arenecessary to women's development, students heresay that their learning has not changeddrastically since they've entered co-edclassrooms...
...original article was remarkable for the degree to which it relied on anonymous sources and heresay, A said that B said, and even, in the case of one statement attributed to Dean Gill, A said that B said that C said. Particularly egregious is the attitude that such heresay reporting is justified if the purported ultimate source declines comment...
Those, like Dean Gill, who accept the responsibility of upholding that confidentiality should not be pilloried for their faithfulness, nor should their silence be viewed as license to fill the void with gossip and heresay...
...other hand, we are unwilling to consent to the need for confidentiality, or if we are unwilling to place our trust in those who must bear this responsibility, and feel instead that heresay and anonymous accusation are sufficient grounds for condemning and casting aside the principle of confidentiality and the process that depends on it, I see no hope that we will ever provide a mechanism by which issues of sexual harassment can be responsibly addressed...
There is no law that I am aware of that prohibits Crimson reporters from printing heresay and anonymous accusations, just as there is no law prohibiting them from publishing incendiary sexist tracts. There are only shared standards of responsibility and respect, the same standards that are violated when inappropriate and unwanted sexual remarks are made. I can only hope that The Crimson will see fit to realign itself with these principles and to learn from its mistakes. Peter T. Ellison...