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Probation is a real punishment. According to page 16 of the 1996-97 Administrative Board's user guide for students, "A student on probation must pay special attention to his or her conduct and coursework, since the Board will act more severely (require to withdraw) on further infractions or failures." This indicates that if I continue to freely write "Prank Files," I will be kicked out of Harvard. The Ad Board sends a letter home to your family saying that it voted to place you on disciplinary probation. Moreover, probation goes on your permanent academic record. Any time a future...
...page 26 of the Ad Board user's guide, the disciplinary cases by type and action are enumerated. The "types" listed are broad to say the least. According to the chart, a student can be required to withdraw for "inappropriate social behavior." Apparently this is the rubric my "crime" falls under. But who is to define what is "socially acceptable behavior"? Where and how are the boundaries drawn for what is "socially acceptable"? De facto, the Administration retains the right to punish anyone as it sees fit. The Administration makes great use of its power to punish students for "inappropriate...
Technology will only quicken the pace at which news is moving away from the universal and toward the individualized. Several companies already offer services that let a computer user totally customize his or her daily supply of information: "I'll take the Washington headlines, please, plus the health news, N.F.L. scores, updates on AT&T's stock price--and anything on Madonna." The Daily Me has arrived on our doorstep, not with a thump but with a polite mechanical chime...
...trying to make it as user-friendly as possible to the students," Riley says...
Computer Services is also working on increasing each user's disk space...