Former White House Chief of Staff Andy Card came to the University of Massachusetts to give a lecture, which prompted students to organize protests that were (as is often the case) promoted by email. Problems arose, however, when a student sent an email rallying others to the English department listserve—something the University’s Office of Information Technologies said should not have been possible without an administrative password. The student pleaded innocence, saying he mistakenly sent it (twice) to the wrong email list, but required no password to do so. No disciplinary action will be taken.

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