Word: abolitionism
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"Should the board of trustees become convinced that significant changes are not occurring, or that the rate of change has been unacceptably slow, the board will be prepared to vote on the abolition of the system of fraternities and sororities," a recent trustee release states.
The members of the Class of 1980 clearly failed in their efforts. The reason for their failure, however, lies not in any deficiency of the reformers, but in the nature of the CRR itself. It is an inherently repressive body designed by the Faculty to punish those who disagree with...
As a matter of fact, the Resolution on Rights and Responsibility gives students the right to protest, to demonstrate and to hold whatever opinions they wish. And incidentally, abolishing the CRR does not abolish the Resolution, it just eliminates the students' voice in the process of discipline. The CRR is...
After that decision, some legal experts warned that the present Med School admissions policy might not conform to the new law. Many students, however, had argued that abolition of the minority subcommittee would damage recruitment of minorities at the school.
Anarchism's basic tenet is that no individual or institution has the right to initiate force against another individual. Since governments have the authority to enact and enforce laws that affect citizens' lives, anarchists call for the abolition of the state, or at least the reduction of the state's...