Word: protecters
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...administration's response to these charges generally has something to do with the Ad Board's role as an educational tool. According to this argument, the Board is not a court of law; its mission is to help and protect students. This counterclaim has a degree of merit. But there is a fundamental tension between the obligation of the College to protect students and the right of students to protect themselves...
...course, this tension also exists in the United State's own judicial system. But in contrast to Harvard's Ad Board, the government, operating on the premise that it is impossible to arrive at the truth fairly via coercion and secrecy, established civil liberties laws to protect citizens from the potential excess of the government. The Ad Board undeniably shares the potential for these excesses, given that it has substantial power to seriously damage students via probation, explusion and requirements to withdraw. But within its current system, Harvard has implicitly decreed that the Ad Board is not party to these...
...been forced to resign from both districts because of allegations of sexual misconduct with students. The suit was eventually thrown out of court, but was unanimously reinstated today after several years of legal action. The girl's lawyer, Scott Righthand, maintained today's ruling, "goes a long way to protect children in this state." But Robert Rosati, a lawyer for the districts, said the ruling hurts employees and employers alike. "The court has basically told employers, 'Don't give references. Even if you have no facts to support any negative references, if the person whom you refer later commits...
...contract to deliver pizzas twice a week to 21 Kansas City high and junior high schools, including Paseo, a $34 million state-of-the-art magnet school that serves a 70% minority student body. "I was outraged," says Shepherd. "I respect their wanting to protect their drivers. But how could it be unsafe one day but safe enough for them when it came to that contract? We didn't move the school." Her reaction was echoed by the Kansas City school board's finance and audit committee, which last week recommended canceling the Pizza Hut contract and summoned a company...
...Merrill Lynch "will pocket $5 million" apiece. When will Mr. Average American wake up and see the extent to which he is being ripped off? And what will it take to make this industry compete like others? Do we have to invoke Congress to pass laws that will protect us from robbery? How else can this be described? JOHN A. PETERSON Orinda, California...