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...entitled "A Call for Moderation" written following the issuance of a statement on alcohol by the College, The Crimson urged, "Because a heavy-handed University crackdown on alcohol consumption would make the situation worse, we feel that a more effective policy would be for the administration to remain deliberately lenient in the enforcement of guidelines regarding the use of alcohol by underage students. When alcohol is used responsibly it can enliven many a social event." It is an indication of great progress that The Crimson has moved to the responsible position articulated in its Oct. 6 editorial. HARRY R. LEWIS...
...know how our policies and enforcement of them would be ranked in terms of tolerance. I know that we have in the past occasionally (though not recently) been accused of being too hard on student drinking, and I don't recall anyone claiming that our policies are too lenient...
...treatment of the crime by the Ad Board must also be questioned. There are many things that we don't know about the case, but we do know that the three students were told they would not be allowed to row this semester. This seems like a remarkably lenient punishment for immature and potentially dangerous behavior. Also, unlike the few Ad Board cases that are known, these students have not been immediately removed, and the privilege of staying at Harvard to finish this semester only further clouds the justification of this so-called "punishment...
Different airlines have different policiesabout picking up the E-ticket. United Airlinesrequires its customers to bring in photoidentification, an E-ticket confirmation numberand the credit card used to purchase the tickets.USAir and Delta are more lenient, requiring onlythat the customer bring in a picture ID. Since airtravel out of any U.S. Airport now requires validID for individuals over the age of 18, a traveleris not being asked to bring any extraneous itemsto pick up the E-ticket. United Airlines' policymight seem like a big hassle at first glance, too,but one representative, who spoke on condition ofanonymity, says ticketing agents...
...cannot be so sure that is true of the au pair trial, however, and of its dual outrages--one over too harsh a decision, one over too lenient a one. At issue was justice, or rather injustice, and these days there is nothing like injustice to bring people to their knees or to their feet. People read of so many unjust rewards and unjust punishments--canned ceos walking off with tens of millions while "downsized" employees merely walk off--that they may be on an unconscious search for signs of cosmic fairness...