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...meantime, a heavily armed phalanx of more than 200 police equipped with bulletproof vests and including a special antiterror unit from Paris had surrounded the courthouse and begun talks with the terrorists. Less than seven hours after the drama had begun, negotiators, led by Paris Police Prefect Robert Broussard, had secured the release of almost half the hostages, including a group of law students who were observing the trial and two defendants who chose not to take part in the uprising. Throughout the night, the terrorists continued releasing hostages. By late Friday morning only four remained: Presiding Judge Dominique Bailhache...
...ROMANTIC INCIDENTS involving the new freshman prefect program have occurred this fall. In one, the upperclassman assigned to a group of freshmen as an advisor was not present at the only orientation session for prefects, held at 7:30 a.m. on the first Saturday of Freshmen Week. He was reassigned to another group after the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) learned of the affair. In the other, the upperclassman voluntarily resigned, also after the FDO learned of his involvement. These two incidents, while not particularly damaging to the concept underlying the program, do draw attention to flaws in both...
...even deeper problem, however, is an apparent inconsistency in the rules of the program itself. It appears that the one prefect was excused for his actions simply because of his lack of knowledge, and it's unclear whether the other, who had heard Dean Moses's injunction not to date freshmen, was forced to resign or merely urged to do so. There should be no equivocation, and no double standard: The prefects should all be told that there is no place for romance in this type of advising atmosphere, and that when there is an infraction of this rule resignation...
...certainly true that romance will occasionally flower when college-age people meet at dinner, in a biology section or as participants in a prefect program. That shouldn't concern or surprise anyone too much...
...what is not nearly as certain is that those responsible for the prefect program have adequately recognized that fact. If romances are undesirable, then every prefect should be told to ignore any siren songs which might be heard in the background of a proctorial meeting. If a prefect can legitimately not realize that he or she shouldn't date his advisee, then the FDO hasn't made its rules sufficiently clear...