Word: scopes
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...father is in a prison camp.’” Lee recalled. Jesse A. Sage ’98 of the American Anti-Slavery Group spoke to LiNK last night and said that Americans “don’t fully understand” the scope of the problem in North Korea. “It’s a shame on the West that we haven’t done more to stop it,” said Sage. Sage, who also helped coordinate divestment efforts targeting Sudan last year, said that students should make efforts...
...define the abstract notion of “community standards,” however, the Ad Board is presumptuous. Rather than adhering to its intended purpose, namely, to determine the punishment for those actions that fall within a defined discretion, the Ad Board appropriates itself an unacceptably large scope due to its ability to arbitrarily decide what infractions merit its attention...
...particulars of Viswanathan’s case prove more complex than those previously mentioned, because many perceive plagiarism to be more of an issue of personal character rather than isolated actions. However, this seems to be a matter of scope rather than her Harvard affiliation. The writing and publication of “Opal Mehta” lie entirely beyond the purview of her academic work and therefore beyond the purview of the Ad Board. That she drafted the manuscript in a Lamont carrel is wholly irrelevant...
...ivory tower,” the undefined notion of behavior befitting of a Harvard student imposes a higher expectation of conduct (simply because of the Harvard name) without making clear what actions can knock us off that high ground. While we hope that Ad Board limits its scope solely to those actions that pertain to our lives as Harvard students, even more crucial is its explicit delineation of what actions warrant its intervention...
...that they otherwise wouldn’t. But too often these connections become distant memories after freshman year, only to return during senior spring. Ultimately, the campus will only be responsive to a measured dose of events like Yardfest, but we hope the social programming board will broaden its scope beyond this handful of signature events to promote class and College unity in other ways. Specifically, we hope that the board will work with and cultivate student coalitions—such as the Junior Class Commission which planned the Junior High Dance—seeking to organize social events with...