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Over the past month, there has been a large outcry in response to the Administrative Board's decision to put me on disciplinary probation. In reaction to that decision, The Crimson has published numerous editorials and articles, a heated debate has developed on an Internet newsgroup, professors have been overheard discussing the decision and the president of The Crimson has met with Dean of Students Archie C. Epps and Secretary of the Administrative Board Virginia L. Mackay-Smith '78. Fifteen Minutes's strip "Roommates" by Joshua J. Schanker '98 has repeatedly mocked the Ad Board, and the Undergraduate Council...
Several other newsgroupies protested the "irrelevencia," saying that there are "better forums" for such discussions, and that the newsgroup should be restricted to more course-related discussion...
Last week I ran into a hilarious thread on the Internet newsgroup harvard.general about the ever-difficult problem of admitting to acquaintances just where we go to school. For me, there are times when proudly declaring "I go to Harvard" is an asset, but more often than not, especially at home, it causes raised eyebrows, quick judgments, and the mocking "Ha-vaad" accent. I don't think my own mother has ever voluntarily told anyone in Baltimore where I go to college, except to say, "She goes to school in Boston." Admittedly, I've fallen prey to using this line...
Penet.fi needs no translation for most of the people on that newsgroup. The name is shorthand for an E-mail address--anon.penet.fi--where a garden-variety 486-chipped PC lived for nearly four years. This modest machine performed a lofty task: it allowed people effortlessly to send and receive E-mail or post messages to newsgroups, anonymously...
Late last month a Finnish court ruled that Helsingius must divulge the true E-mail address of a penet.fi user who posted to a newsgroup what the Church of Scientology claims are copyrighted secrets. He has 30 days in which to comply or appeal, and his lawyers are optimistic. But for now, and perhaps forever, anon.penet.fi is unplugged because, as Helsingius puts it, "there's no real protection for free speech on the Internet in Finland...