Word: vigilance
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...opinion, violent crime merits vigorous protest. Professor Wisse argues that a "hushed vigil" would have been more appropriate than the "self righteous...[and] thuggish" protests which took place around University Hall. What about our constitutional right to assembly? Harvard may be called an "ivory tower," but the laws of the land still apply within its gates. What she deems "political hysteria" is perhaps well-deserved outrage at an administration which has done too little, too late to deal with the issue of sexual assault on campus...
...opinion, violent crime merits vigorous protest. Professor Wisse argues that a "hushed vigil" would have been more appropriate than the "self righteous...[and] thuggish" protests which took place around University Hall. What about our constitutional right to assembly? Harvard may be called an "ivory tower," but the laws of the land still apply within its gates. What she deems "political hysteria" is perhaps well-deserved outrage at an administration which has done too little, too late to deal with the issue of sexual assault on campus...
This Tuesday night, the day before you go out on the town to celebrate with a pint or three, whether you are of Irish stock or not, you might consider attending a vigil in memory of the million Irish famine dead, as well in remembrance of all those similarly affected the world over today. Held at the new Boston Irish Famine Memorial, at Washington and School Streets on the Freedom Trail, the 6 p.m. candlelight vigil is a first step. Yours truly, a descendant of fisherman and farmers who came from the remote reaches of northwestern Country Mayo...
...surely appropriate for the Faculty to debate punishment of a student who has confessed to violating the law, but since when do his peers become his prosecutors? Had students been interested in justice, they might have maintained a hushed vigil around the deliberative body that was trying to act justly. They might have submitted their written opinions or arguments. They would not have mounted a vengeful campaign...
...surely appropriate for the Faculty to debate punishment of a student who has confessed to violating the law, but since when do his peers become his prosecutors? Had students been interested in justice, they might have maintained a hushed vigil around the deliberative body that was trying to act justly. They might have submitted their written opinions or arguments. They would not have mounted a vengeful campaign...