Word: abramowitz
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...Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union (CLUM) has adopted the case of Yosef Abramowitz, a BU senior, and three classmates, who say they were unfairly treated after they hung banners that read "BU DIVEST" from their dormitory windows...
...appeal hearing Wednesday in Middlesex Superior Court, their counsel argued that the BU administration violated the students' civil rights when it evicted Abramowitz from his dormitory, served eviction notices to the other three, and threatened Abramowitz with expulsion...
...Abramowitz, who was the first to hang a banner, said the sign had been allowed to remain in place for an hour and a half, before university officials removed it for the first of five times...
...Abramowitz said that although the strike may not directly effect change in school policy, "it plays a central role in the dynamics that cause a change in the policy...
...taken any action against the fasters, but Dean of Students Ronald L. Carter said that, "If [Abramowitz] thinks that his hunger strike is going to force us to change our position, I can only say that I will take him to the hospital when he falls into a coma...