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...disrupting a spech, we would not have this problem. A single example would deter others. But in every case, from the students who threw paint ballons at Caspar Weinberger to those who drove Wilson Goode and his entire audience out of the hall, the University has refused to mete out any meaningful discipline. In the absence of deterrence, the Club needs, and our speakers demand, adequate security...
...years of existence, the CRR has not functioned as an independent arbiter of individual freedoms. Rather, it has been called on by the administration to mete out discipline in cases in which students have been involved in coordinated political activities. Its role has been both to intimidate student activists and to deflect responsibility for punishing students away from University Hall. The COI's functions, on the other hand, are ambiguous at best. It has no authority either to levy sanctions or to demand redress. Moreover, it can do little even to investigate grievances. Perhaps the COI's role...
...ironic that our society, which has developed its degree of strength and magnanimity from immigrants, should mete out so much ill will to people who have been cruelly mistreated and who have no other home. Perhaps, as Americans, we take our own comfort for granted, and therefore find it difficult to relate to victims. Most of us, after all, enjoy the luxury of waking up from our nightmares...
Many in Memphis disagreed. Some members of the black community accused the police of charging into the house with the express desire to kill. Observed Shelby County Commissioner Walter Bailey: "A policeman's job is not to mete out punishment. They went in there with the attitude that they would take no prisoners." The Justice Department already has instructed the local FBI office to look into the incident, while Democratic Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis called on Attorney General William French Smith to appoint a special team from Washington to conduct a comprehensive investigation...
...dieters who hoard and carry on, they face no penalties other than those their colons may mete out to them. While no suspicion of permanent damage has been raised, there is little likelihood of permanent weight loss either: eating habits are not changed and indeed may get worse for those who figure the starch blocker will handle that extra slice of pizza. Beila Simon Kunis, a dietitian in Chicago, opposes the pills, but concedes that occasionally, "I will say 'O.K., try it.' Some people are very sensitive to it, and some are not. We're all looking...