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...hard to argue Dean Monro's statement about the University's position on drug use. What else could a dean's office say about an activity that is illegal under both state and federal law? There is some objection to his use of the word 'stupid,' but he may be more right in using it than he knows. If anyone manages to get himself caught smoking marijuana by Harvard officials, he can just as easily get himself caught by the police, and they are particularly unpleasant about this sort of offense -- it makes headlines. For a federal conviction there...
However, in a recent statement to the freshman class, Dean Monro declared: "In sum, if a student is stupid enough to misuse his time here fooling around with illegal and dangerous drugs, our view is that he should leave college and make room for people prepared to take good advantage of the college opportunity...
...Police take absolutely no part in administering punishment to students. Names of students offenders are handed immediately to Dean Monro or Dean Von Staade, and the matter then passes out of Police hands. Though officers must record any serious problems in the daily reports which form the police log, the Police keep no files on students or student offenders...
...University Police also provide students with personal and unofficial services. Dean Monro often sends students in trouble to Chief Tonis, whose law degree enables him to serve as "a semi-legal authority." And one senior remembers when his wallet was stolen on a Saturday night his Freshman year. The policeman on duty asked him if he had a date, and when the student replied that he did and had no money, the officer lent him ten dollars and told him "to bring it back sometime...
Arguments can be made against the use of drugs, but this one is not particularly felicitous. One would hope that Dean Monro does not plan to expel all drug-users, but rather that his statement is a result of the increased pressure from police and groups outside the University who feel that the College must be cleaned...