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Resident tutor Stuart E. Schechter, who had his laundry basket taken, wrote in an e-mail that he felt “everyone in Leverett will be keeping a somewhat more watchful eye on others using the laundry room. Perhaps this will add a little paranoia to the atmosphere...
...disturbing new number to be unveiled in Hanoi: Bien Hoa residents have up to 200 times the normal rate of dioxin in their blood, even among those born years after the spraying stopped. Dr. Arnold Schechter of the University of Texas estimates that southern Vietnam has up to 30 dioxin "hot spots" like Bien Hoa, the site of a major U.S. air base where some 7,000 gallons of Agent Orange may have been spread and spilled. Vietnamese officials say Schechter's study adds to the proof that the U.S. caused a massive environmental disaster and owes compensation to victims...
...communist regime in the past has blocked scientific studies by outside researchers. The government routinely says birth-defect rates are high in sprayed areas, yet it refuses to release verifiable statistics. "You can't just say, 'There's a bunch of malformed babies, it must be Agent Orange,'" Schechter says. "There's a lot of hard scientific work to be done...
...opposition to a dining-hall Christmas tree (News, “Tree Kindles Leverett Debate,” Dec. 4), Leverett Resident Tutor Stuart E. Schechter ignored a vital distinction between behaviors that are hateful toward other groups (putting a swastika up) and behaviors that simply make others feel their minority status (putting a Christmas tree up). The tree, unlike the swastika, is not an anti-Jewish symbol, and the message that came from all the disgruntled Leverittes, and the opinion piece by Shira D. Kieval ’04 (“Tree for Some, Thorn for Others...
Kieval and Schechter seem to ask: If we allow Christmas trees in dining halls, where do we draw the line? Clearly, we draw it somewhere before we get to swastikas and trees in people’s rooms...