Word: rugged
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recent theft of an Oriental rug from the Straus Hall common room has led to a debate of the merits of collective responsibility. Unable to find the thief, the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) has decided to divide the cost of replacing the rug among all Straus residents. The FDO made a similar decision a few weeks earlier, charging all Wigglesworth residents for damage done to the common room. While the FDO may claim that collective responsibility fosters a sense of community among the residents, communities formed under such circumstances rapidly degenerate into factions. The students against the Faculty...
...last meeting of its 16th spring session, the Undergraduate Council reprimanded the administration for assigning financial responsibility for a rug stolen from the Straus Hall Common Room to the dorm's residents...
...same council that "strongly urges" the administration to assume the cost of the rug amended the bill to avoid assuming the cost themselves...
...allocation for $1,600 was removed by members who said students should be responsible for the areas around their dorms, that the council risked assuming responsibility for all such thefts and that all students should not be responsible for the rug...
Council members then urged the administrationto pay for the replacement of a rug taken from theStraus Hall common room, removing from the bill anoffer to pay for the rug with council funds...