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During roughly the same period, various committees on campus debated a number of ideas that could potentially alter University life. From affirmative action to technology transfer; from a new student government to the old, but still controversial Committee on Rights and Responsibilities; from pass-fail courses to make-up exams; from a shortage of Core courses to growing pains in the Social Studies concentration; from race-related problems to conflicts with Cambridge residents; issues arose that struck at the heart of student and Faculty life. Yet the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences met only a half-dozen times...
There could be some surprises, though, since the proposal would change longstanding University policy. For example, the proposal would alter the Faculty's statement on conflicts of interest for the first time in more than 15 years and would make professors responsible for reporting potential conflicts to any member of the new committee. In spelling out the possibility of a "conflict of commitment"--a professors's involvement with an outside group that detracted too greatly from his teaching time or energy--the new statement might also make professors more likely to report such involvements, like time-consuming consulting jobs...
...sprays three years ago, a major row erupted. Some scientists welcomed the ban, contending that the synthetic compounds-like Freon -were destroying the earth's ozone layer, a shield against the sun's ultraviolet rays. They warned that loss of ozone could cause more cancer and perhaps alter the weather. Other scientists pooh-poohed such doomsday scenarios as unproved...
...Alter, an inveterate tinkerer, endeared himself in the mid-1950s to an earlier generation of Californians by introducing the first mass-produced balsa-wood and fiberglass surfboards. By 1960 he had become the world's leading supplier of the custom-made, polyure-thane-foam surfboard, which became a symbol of the California lifestyle...
...Alter, who had grown bored with the administrative end of his sailboat business, sold out to a camping-equipment maker, the Coleman Co. of Wichita, Kans. "I didn't want to be head of anything because then you have to go to meetings and junk," says Alter, who instead signed on with Coleman as a designer and began casting about for something different to create. The result: a 33-ft. fiberglass sloop, the Hobie 33. Equipped with a retractable keel and a mast that can be easily removed for transportation, the boat is small enough to be towed behind...