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"This is new territory," said Associate Dean of Housing Thomas A. Dingman `67, a member of the Ad Board. "The punishment could range from an admonition to probation."
The thieves and the cops agree on this: the chances of going to jail for stealing a car are still very, very small. Federal laws apply only to the most violent crimes by hardened career criminals -- and local rules are deficient. Under California law, for example, first offenders typically receive...
The most publicized incident occurred last January but, with a little help from conservatives, escalated into national news after Hackney's nomination. Israeli-born freshman Eden Jacobowitz was charged with racial harassment and threatened with probation for yelling, "Shut up, you water buffalo!" at a group of boisterous black women...
The former Kirkland House resident, who is now affiliated with Dudley House as a commuter student from Chestnut Hill, did return to find one vestige of his former academic career waiting for him: academic probation.
"Apparently he had missed a final or something when he left," says Jacob Shapiro, "and when he came back this year he found out that he was still on probation."