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...they disapprove of war of conscription and feel that they should not cooperate in any fashion. Others who are not required to register may refuse to file the necessary compliance forms because they object that registration laws apply only to men of because they consider such laws unconstitutional or unjust. If Harvard agreed to pay the bill, students might refuse federal aid on a variety of other grounds, such as a belief that government grants are the tainted fruit of an unjust system of taxation. The University could not consider the merits of such claims without undertaking to judge difficult...
...recognize that needy students may suffer a burden for refusing to register that more affluent classmates will avoid. It we view the statute as a way of penalizing those who violate the law, this result seems inequitable and unjust. Nevertheless, it can be argued that the statute simply reflects a desire not to use the taxpayers' money to benefit those who violate federal laws. Moreover, even if the legislation is unfair, the fault lies with the Congress and does not necessarily afford a compelling basis for having the University provide reimbursement...
...would be unjust to look to the professors--or even to the personnel of Buildings and Grounds--to redress the slovenliness of Harvard's plant, and especially of the poor bedragled Yard. Those who scream loudest about the environment usually care about their own collectivity, and wire barriers and trash gardens and lawns of Oxford and Cambridge...
...difficult to disagree with the thrust of Bok's indictment of the U.S. legal system. He argues correctly that the way this country does its justice is too expensive and too complicated, making the system unjust for those who cannot afford to take advantage of it. Bok's point is not new--in fact, it has been tossed about for more than 15 years--but a public restatement of the argument by the president of Harvard University and former Dean of its Law School, even though somewhat overdue, could reignite the issue with constructive results. It is also encouraging...
...some members of ROTC and others not, approached the meeting with the intention of only quietly listening to their views. We informed them of this intention several times, only to be refused entrance on the grounds that we were their enemies. Feeling this was unjust, we asked them specifically if they felt this was a discriminatory action. Their answer was an unequivocal "yes"; their only justification being that it was perfectly right to discriminate against "murderers, peasant killers, and those who practice genocide...