Word: honored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some people are wondering whether Harvard should establish an honor code...
This past summer, while most of us were thinking about anything other than school, a researcher compiled the results of a Harvard-initiated survey of conduct and honor codes at 100 schools across the country. The study was done at the request of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences A. Michael Spence, who says only that his curiosity arose after several faculty members urged him to consider whether Harvard should have a code...
There's a legitimate debate to be had. No matter what form a Harvard honor code might take, no matter how broad or narrow it might be, we wonder what concerns might have prompted Spence and others to explore the honor code issue. The first step should be for the dean to make public the lengthy report and survey results now sitting in his desk drawer. That would allow informed discussion to proceed, a process we expect would include at the least open hearings and a campus-wide referendum...
Some critics are irked by the mere suggestion of an honor code. Others believe it would give us the responsibility we deserve to fend for ourselves and guard against infractions that might sour our collective Harvard experience. In any case, whichever side you're on, there's something to be said for getting on with it. Let the debate begin...
That same collage of photographic thought works with better humor for Jack Nicholson in PRIZZI'S HONOR (Sack Copley Place). At first glance he plays the amiable Mafia hit man as simply as he slips into his Brooklyn accent, but his animated face and agile acting reveal a character far more likeable and intriguing than some cotton-mouthed thug...