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...THIS would make for a very interesting panel discussion, I am sure: "DeWolfe: Administrative Dream or Housing Nightmare?" But what the emerging debate between Winthrop House Committee member Paul Henrys '92 and Dean for the House System Thomas A. Dingman '67 hides is the origin of this mess--the political conditions of the institution that made this possible and that will determine DeWolfe's future course. Secretiveness and inaccessibility have resulted in government by damage control...
Rudenstine's family background is unusual for a Harvard president, most of whom have been of Northern European, Protestant origin. His father, who was Jewish, emigrated from Russia, and his mother is an Italian-American Roman Catholic...
Only one mystery remains about Harvard Classics--the name. Although there are rumors that members of the Classics Department started the team, none of today's players will admit its origin...
Under a "hate speech" rule adopted in 1989, members of the Brown community cannot subject "another person, group or class of persons to inappropriate, abusive, threatening or demeaning actions based on race, religion, gender, handicap, ethnicity, national origin or sexual orientation." It was this rule that provided the grounds for the Disciplinary Council's decision. With similarly vague policies at Harvard and other campuses around the country, the premises behind bans on abusive speech need to be examined...
...while trash may be divine in origin, Ketelhohn--who has been the Cabot superintendent since 1984--says he wishes there was less of it about. His exhibition is meant to rally students around Cabot's recycling program, and environmental issues in general. "The planet's going to hell in a handbasket," Ketelhohn says...