Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This suit would only have merit if it could prove the defendants had access to sufficient evidence that Tadesse posed a threat to others and then willfully chose to not take any measures to prevent possible negative consequences. What the suit alleges the defendants should have done would indicate that the defendants had both clairvoiance about Tadesse's ability to become violent, and the ability and willingness to violate personal rights to privacy of Harvard students. CHI WANG '95 Medford, Mass...
Ultimately, then, the change in the attendance policy at the Law School is not as significant as one might think. The recent change only serves to make possible the enforcement of this longstanding attendance policy. While the merit of "mandatory" attendance may be questioned, that debate has been left for another day. DAVID M. STRINGER...
...outgoing master of Leverett House John E. Dowling '57 says he does not believe these concerns merit 24-hour universal access...
Adding an academic component to the weekend'sfestivities, the guest speakers at Saturday's ArtsPanel debated the aesthetic merit and politicalsignificance of hip-hop music...
...attitude-adjustment schools is closer to prison than prep school. Facilities are spartan, discipline strict. At Tranquility Bay, students are supervised from wake-up at 6:30 a.m. to lights-out at 9:30 p.m. Punishment for violations of the 54-page student rule book range from loss of merit points to "observation placement"--meaning a student must lie on the tile floor of his room all day, not sitting up except for meals and bathroom breaks. And parents sign a contract allowing the school to use handcuffs, mace and stun guns on their children. "Restraints are rare," says...