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...demands of both campaigns are vitally important. The tragic incident at Byerly Hall Tuesday night is a frightening reminder of how desperately urgent the coalition's demands for rape education, resources and prevention on this campus...
...from over. But we know now that we can do it, as long as we keep in mind what the real achievement was on Tuesday: our strength, our unity, our voices, our convictions and our joy. We came together on Tuesday to fight serious social problems, from rape, to poverty, to the denial of dignity. Unexpectedly we discovered something to be thankful for and to enjoy in this world--each other...
...case being discussed by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences yesterday afternoon (News, March 9) was exceptionally sensitive, involving disciplinary action against a student accused of rape. Strong disciplinary action was going to be taken in any case; the debate was to determine the level of severity. Outside University Hall gathered students drumming and chanting, a happy little mob urging that "justice be done!" This would not be the first group of self-righteous protesters that tries to drown out debate with thuggish tactics, but the tactics were especially troubling in light of the case being discussed...
Never before in my lifetime on university campuses have I seen students demanding a penalty for a classmate harsher than the one being considered by the administration. Much as I credit the seriousness of rape, I have to wonder at the political hysteria that has turned students against one of their own. Why this vindictiveness against a student already punished by the law and expelled from the campus for the next five years? Why the vendetta, the drumrolls, the slogans...
Even the Douglas vote resolved none of the underlying issues his case brought to light. Protestors demanded expulsion, but this option was never before the Faculty. At some point, the Faculty needs to make a policy decision to clarify when expulsion is appropriate. We believe rape deserves the harshest punishment Harvard can impose, expulsion. If, as the administration has argued, dismissal is effectively the same as expulsion, the College needs to clarify this distinction...