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...group of local police officers who allegedly raided a dorm party to crack down on drinking by underaged students may face charges of assault...
Moving from Point Salines, the Rangers pushed toward the nearby True Blue campus. At 8:30 a.m., students heard and saw soldiers near the men's dorm. One Ranger ran across the runway and shouted, "We're Americans. You are all right." The soldiers warned the students to stay away from windows, but to collect a few belongings and gather in the adjacent lecture hall. There an officer told them, "We are the U.S. armed forces and we are here to get you out if you want to go." Students applauded with joy and relief...
...their voices clear and well-enunciated. And so, in the end, the official film captures less of a feel for the campus and its surroundings than the slick CBS caricature--even taking into account the fact that since CBS was not allowed to film inside Harvard, its scenes of dorm rooms, libraries, dining halls, and classrooms actually featured Phillips Andover Academy...
...warped piece of drama probably hurt the admissions office and set back its attempt to improve the Harvard image. Unless the office starts financing nationwide commercials about Harvard, officials canvassing the country may have to get used to answering a whole new category of questions. For instance, do Holworthy dorm rooms really have blue flowered wallpaper...
...STUDENTS in a dorm room last week were calmly debating the pros and cons of the United States invasion of Grenada. They argued tactics and strategy, some supporting the American initiative, others opposing it. Then one man spoke up, and silenced the room. "A friend of mine in the Marines was sent to Grenada," he said. "And every morning I check the paper and pray to God he isn't listed among the dead." For a moment, the proverbial Ivory Tower crumbled, and the students faced the bitter reality that men their age and younger were dying in a place...