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Amid student unrest in 1969. Harvard created the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR) to discipline students violating freedoms guaranteed by the Faculty's Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities (RRR...
Students accused of violating the RRR may defend themselves in person before the CRR, which can administer any College punishment, except for dismissal or expulsion, which require Faculty approval...
Students have termed the committee "illegitimate." But it is only following orders to uphold a piece of University legislation known as the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities (RRR). Much of the problem with the CRR stems from the fact that the RRR is vague enough to allow students to be prosecuted for their political beliefs CRR opponents wrongly claim that the committee's preconceived purpose is to stifle political dissent. This is factually incorrect in two respects...
...Board--like the CRR--has authority to uphold the RRR and to levy the same range of punishments against students. But the Ad Board, unlike the CRR, takes these measures without student input, does not allow students (except on an appeal) to appear in person before it to defend their actions, and does not have the same ability to handle mass offenses...
...also permits students accused of violating the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities (RRR)--the 1970 University legislation concerning freedoms of speech and movement that the CRR is directed to uphold--to defend themselves in person before the committee. Past Proceedings of the CRR Date of Incident Incident Date of Report Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (CRR) Discipline* April 10, 1969 Occupation of University Hall June 9, 1969 138 complaints--86 Harvard, 32 Radcliffe undergraduates, 20 GSAS students 102 warned 28 required to withdraw 6 separated 3 dismissed Now 19, 1969 Demonstration in office of Dean of College...