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...others and to show pornographic films, they should be allowed to do so under the protection of the First Amendment. The current case proves how the less-than-just American judicial system can mishandle controversy brought to its attention. After a civil court judge decided Friday afternoon not to prohibit the showing of the film because did not find it obscene, the district attorney's office chose to make the arrests--a decision that begs reason, not to mention legality. In effect, an assistant clerk of courts and a state trooper overruled a civil court judge by confiscating the film...
...CCSR displayed an equal ignorance about realities in South Africa in its argument not to support an IBM shareholder resolution forbidding computer sales to the South African government. The Corporation claims the resolution would prohibit sales to such harmless institutions as hospitals and schools. With such logic, the University will never take any steps to wield its shareholding power against the South African military, which buys three-quarters of its computers from IBM. Past experience shows the government orders computers for "harmless institutions" and then passes them on to places like population control centers...
...letter by CCSR chairman Hugh Calkins '45, the Corporation last week explained the reasons for the votes. Stating that a halt on sales to the South African government would also prohibit sales to hospitals and schools, the letter argues that these resolutions would amount to "a boycott that should be a matter for foreign policy and should be applied uniformly to all commercial relationships...
...option the council considered for creating a larger pool of eligible teaching staff was reducing restrictions on the number of years graduate students can teach. GSAS rules prohibit students from teaching more than four years...
Giamatti, insisting his comments had been misunderstood, told athletes and coaches he never would prohibit either recruiting or post-season competition...