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Cambridge Police officials said they suspect the incident was a student prank, although they added they do not yet have suspects...
...typically hectic working day in September, Jacquelyn Mitchard returned from her journalism job to her Madison, Wisconsin, house and found a phone message from Oprah Winfrey. Mitchard, a recently widowed mother of five, ages 1 to 21, did what any sensible person would do: she erased the obvious prank. "I have a friend who calls and says he's Richard Nixon," she explains. Two days later came another taped call from Oprah, followed by another erasure. Then a third, a day or so later, with the sign-off "This really is Oprah Winfrey...
...controversy surrounding the disciplinary board comes in the wake of the Ad Board's decision to place William L. Kirtley '97 on disciplinary probation for making a prank phone call...
...result of a recent case has shown that the practices of the Ad Board appear inconsistent with its stated purpose and endanger the possibility of just outcomes. Several weeks ago, a student was Ad Boarded for making 'prank' calls and placed on probation, a form of punishment which becomes part of the student's permanent record. The Ad Board used an elastic "improper conduct" clause to justify the disciplinary action...
...some form of discipline appropriate. The Ad Board, according to the Handbook for Students, only reviews those cases "for which there is precedent for interpreting and applying the rules and standards of conduct of the Colleges" (316). Assuming this is true in practice, a precedent existed that dealt with 'prank' calls. Yet, there is no way for a student to know about the precedent, due to the policy of concealing of previous Ad Board cases from the University community...