Police say Harvard killing was ‘drug rip’

Student tied to suspect barred from graduating
By John R. Ellement and Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff May 23, 2009

“A plot to rob a marijuana dealer inside a Harvard residence hall Monday went badly awry and ended with the shooting death of a 21-year-old Cambridge man, authorities said yesterday, as details began to emerge about two female Harvard students who knew both the victim and his alleged assailants. There “are important lessons to learn from this sad episode,” Evelynn M. Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, wrote in a letter posted on the school’s website. “I intend to work with student leaders and others to address the nature and risks of illicit drug use on campus . . . and to examine the adequacy of existing policies relating to student life.”
But students say the reality is that those who choose to smoke marijuana do so with little fear of getting caught, calling the drug something that scarcely registers on the radar of university officials.”

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