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Professor Takes HLS Publication Before Ad Board

Dershowitz to Defend 'Fenno' Column

According to the "Procedures for Disciplinary Cases," provided by the Dean of Students Office, "cases requiring discipline typically involve cheating, false statements on financial aid applications and similar departures from generally accepted standards of integrity."

"I think the Ad Board will have to decide if this case is in its jurisdiction," said Associate Dean of the Law School Frank E. Sander.

"The fact that [the Fenno case] is not covered in any statutes or rules doesn't mean that it wouldn't fall within the province of the Ad Board, but it is not a grist of the mill case," Sander said.

Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 said he is not aware of any similar incident that has occurred in the College, and he said he stands behind his earlier statement on freedom of speech regarding the Ad Board.

"The College is firmly committed to freedom of the student press; even when it prints pieces that the College believes not to be in the community interest, the College will defend the legitimate right of the press to print them," Lewis wrote in his statement.

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Lewis did say however, that if a member of the student press broke the law by printing something libelous or slanderous, then he would be subject to discipline by the Ad Board.

Nesson could not be reached for comment yesterday

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