Word: students
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...STUDENT publications were justifiably outraged last week when the masters of Kirkland and North Houses announced a ban on door-to-door distribution of "unsolicited" material. Although the motive for the ban--cutting down on garbage in the halls--sounds innocent enough, the new policy represents an unwarranted restriction on free speech at Harvard that ought not to be tolerated...
...fact is--and every campus publisher knows it--that "unsolicited" is simply a buzzword for "student." With the exception of The Crimson, there are no "solicited" student publications. And every single publication--including The Crimson--depends on door drops to distribute its work...
...addition, people who are happy to pay to see their advertisements distributed to the entire Harvard student body will think twice before advertising in a paper that gets left in a rack in dining halls. The equation is a simple one for most student publications: fewer ads mean fewer issues...
This attitude is unconscionable at a University, which by definition depends on free speech and free exchange of ideas for its survival. And yet it one that is becoming all too common in the realm of student-administration relations...
...decided what was necessary? Presumably Moses and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III. Why are announcements of course information and housing lottery deadlines more important than news and student opinions? One thing is certain, the residents of a house ought to make the decision, rather than the master...