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Zero-tolerance policies have always come under fire for being too strict. Christie’s case illustrates just why more flexibility may be necessary; the consequences seemed to far outstrip the crime. Indeed, although zero-tolerance policies are necessary measures for ensuring the safety of America’s schools, fairness requires that the punishments assigned for violating these policies be discretionary...

Author: By Peter M. Bozzo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protecting American Education | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

Tassopoulos’ early career has proven to be a trial by fire, with the Crimson taking on a number of talented non-conference teams, including UMass, Michigan, and BU in consecutive weeks. As expected, such talented opponents have created a barrage of shots, and Tassopoulos has been forced to respond. The rookie has amassed 99 saves for an average of 8.25 per game, up from Harvard’s 5.41 a year ago and good for 9th in the nation. Tassopoulos has even notched 23 saves in a single contest, at then-No.5 Connecticut on Sept...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Rookie Boosts D, Shuts Down Cornell | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

...Mullen's 25-year-old son Michael was killed by friendly fire when a U.S. artillery shell struck near the South Vietnamese village of Tu Chanh. His mother, brokenhearted, did what any other mother would--or should--do when her child is killed in an illegal and immoral war: she went on a search for the truth. Mullen, an Iowa homemaker who died on Oct. 2 at 92, spent more than two decades probing her son's death. In 1995 she published her findings in a book called Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir, which painted a scathing portrait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peg Mullen | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...have no glove. I have no fire. I have no brightly colored peruvian hat. My roommates cannot type without mittens and they have no mittens or they would agree...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer | Title: Hot N Cold | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...addition to the connecting entryway, the dwellers of B-51 have made use of a secret stairwell—which is otherwise concealed behind an activated fire door—to conveniently gain access to another Kirkland room...

Author: By Bita M. Assad and Ahmed N. Mabruk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Preserving Some of Harvard’s Best Kept Secrets | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

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