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Here is a link to the response of one of the Hack the North Directors:

https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/3ln4cz/two_hacke...

From the link: "For the record: MLH kicked him out. HTN did not. I feel like I definitely need to make it clear that none of the directors of Hack the North were involved in this decision. As for me, personally: I am extremely unhappy about the decision."

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I absolutely respect that guy and his principles, but that's not a public statement from the organization stating its official policy, that's a Reddit comment stating a private individual's views.

One of the responding comments leads to the MLH event policy, which says "MLH reserves the right to refuse admittance to any individual at a sanctioned event." This was incredibly douchey, but didn't technically overstep the authority that Hack the North gave them when they brought them in on the event.

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