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...Skiddy von Stade '38, Master of Mather House and dean of Freshmen, says that the locking of Yard and Mather House entries has lowered crime in these areas. "We've only had one serious rip-off in Mather since we locked the entries, and that was the day before we installed locks on the elevators," von Stade said. He added that locking up of the Yard dorms and five of the eight gates to the Yard at night has substantially decreased the traffic from "off of the streets." Several times before the doors were locked non-student heroin users were...
...Skiddy von Stade '38, Master of Mather House and dean of Freshmen, says that the locking of Yard and Mather House entries has lowered crime in these areas. "We've only had one serious rip-off in Mather since we locked the entries, and that was the day before we installed locks on the elevators," von Stade said. He added that locking up of the Yard dorms and five of the eight gates to the Yard at night has substantially decreased the traffic from "off of the streets." Several times before the doors were locked non-student heroin users were...
This series is a cheap rip-off of real concerns and real problems. It takes the nitty-gritty of police work and the often unpleasant truth about black-white relations and dresses them up so they won't offend-or interest-cops, blacks, good guys, bad guys, or the poor suckers in front of the tube...
...this series is a rip-off of the nostalgia craze. Banyon (Robert...
...confront a certain moral complexity. "A Scout is true to his family, Scout leaders, friends, school and nation," states the Handbook. "But what if some friends take your sister's bike? They strip it and sell the parts. Where does your loyalty lie?" In the age of rip-off and radical capitalism, such a dilemma is not uncommon. In reply, the Handbook, unfortunately, takes the tone of Pollyanna rather than the police blotter. It counsels, "Just remember to look at both sides. Listen carefully to the arguments and then do what you believe to be right...