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...ouster with the largely symbolic threat of withholding all future donations.James B. Davis ’75 called it a “disgrace.”“So be it,” Richard A. Holt ’64 penned in an unpublished letter to The Crimson in 2006. “Henceforth, when the alumni fund solicitors call, I shall not donate so much as a penny to this shallow institution.”Following the installation of University President Drew G. Faust a year later, a more subdued alumni community withheld judgment as they...
...April letter to The Crimson, Mather House resident tutors spoke of the Dean’s tight-lipped nature regarding J-Term planning and her apathy towards their concerns, writing that they were “worried by Dean Hammonds’ refusal to say whether some Houses will be closed over January...
...This jury no longer exists. The jury’s function has been degraded over time to that of mere fact-finder. Now, we jurors serve only as subsidiary functionaries, determining whether the letter of the law has been broken. Arguments addressed to the jury’s wisdom and rightful power to check prosecutorial discretion are repressed as nullification. Jury service has become boring, often meaningless, and it is seen as a burden. We need to look back to our founding fathers. They intended the jury to be the bulwark of our liberty. Our modern juries should...
...more powerful tool than “shouting through the windows.” He was struck by some of the parallels between the cutbacks unveiled on the FAS Web site last month and a few of the union’s suggestions in their public letters. For example, in a December letter, the union leadership called for the closing of leased commercial spaces and slashing of catering budgets—both of which will be implemented next year...
...uncanny ability to win people over stemmed from a genuine kindness fondly recalled by his close friends. His mother remembers Forst writing a letter to Notre Dame after having been accepted, begging the school to give his spot to a good friend who had been rejected. (“I don’t think he ever got a response,” she adds...