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...among the first to protest vehemently against the considered changes in rules. Along with Thomas Seymour '64, president of the Harvard Council of Undergraduate Affairs (HCUA), the House Committee proposed a study of sexual practices at Harvard and organized a group to conduct the study and consider working to abolish parietals altogether. John Purvis '64 of the Dunster House Committee said then that, "it would be unfortunate if the privilege of entertaining a date in a natural setting were taken away because of vague suspicions...
Students, teaching fellows, even some faculty members rallied to the cause of restructuring the University's governance system to abolish the self-perpetuating, all-white, all-male Corporation...
...subsequent fight to abolish the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) on campus, Skotnes says "there were very frequent demonstrations that got more and more confrontational. The demonstrations were striking because there was participation by young kids and the confrontation would start, and then all hell would break loose...
Hightower, who heads a staff of 575 state workers, was elected to his post in 1982 and re-elected in 1986 with 60% of the vote. His foes realize they would be unlikely to whip him at the polls, so they want to abolish his job and replace it with a panel appointed by the Governor. Hightower forced the showdown two months ago, when he made the surprise decision to pass up a race for the U.S. Senate against Republican Phil Gramm and instead run for re- election in 1990. Then he promptly spurred a ruckus with his plan...
Gingrich has unsuccessfully sponsored such ridiculous legislation as a bill to abolish the Social Security System. He also proposed establishing a system of government in outer space...