Word: amendment
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...Colantuano and others were starting to fight these attitudes.“It was a very fertile, very exciting, very energetic time,” says Colantuono, who was secretary of the Gay Students Association (GSA) during the 1980-81 school year. This April, Harvard announced that it would amend its University-wide non-discrimination policy to protect “gender identity,” responding to student activism for transgender rights. At Commencement 25 years ago, the Class of 1981 marshals distributed letters to graduates pleading with them to withhold donations to the College until the Faculty...
...Fifty years later, students have later bedtimes—which their library demands have changed to suit. But two constants have remained—the perceived limits on study space and time, and vocal student movements to amend them...
...April, Harvard officially notified Boston of its desire to amend its existing Institutional Master Plan, a longterm document that Boston requires all universities to submit outlining the intended uses of their property...
Early next month the culture wars will return to Capitol Hill when Senate leaders are expected, for the second time in two years, to consider a measure to amend the Constitution to limit marriage eligibility to "one man and one woman." The battle over gay marriage has been off the radar screens for a while, but, two years after Massachusetts became the first stage to legalize gay marriage, expect the old rhetoric to resurface...
...political deadlock: "It's a mess." After a Thai court annulled the disputed April 2 election two weeks ago, Thailand's Election Commission called for new polls in October. But infighting between the courts and election commissioners could push back the vote further, and the next government will likely amend the constitution to ensure such a crisis never happens again?prompting yet another election. In the end, it could be a year or longer before Thailand gets back to business as usual...