Word: banning
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These rules ban tabling by members in their own districts (in accordance with council by-laws), require proctors to request identification from all voters, and state that a list of students in the house must be provided to ensure that multiple voting does not occur...
Supporters of ROTC also suggest that Harvard, instead of cutting ties with the program, should pressure Congress and President Clinton to lift the ban. In fact, the University already does pressure Congress--and should continue to do so. But Harvard should be a leader, and leaders don't just talk. They...
Throughout the embarrassing saga, the Faculty relied on a bright hope and a false promise, praying that the election of Bill Clinton would make ROTC a moot issue. But Clinton's pledge to lift the ban went the way of most campaign promises. And the Faculty is still trying, by every means possible, to avoid taking a stand...
...accepting student scholarships, Harvard is directly participating in the military's ban on gays. On the other hand, the military has never withdrawn research funds on the basis of sexual orientation. We are advocating a direct boycott...
...exert any real pressure, Harvard must server its connection to ROTC. By affirming its own ethical stand against discrimination, the University would be sending an urgent message to Washington, and to the rest of the country. Harvard could credibly use its bully pulpit to decry the military's ban on gays as nothing more than a homophobic defense of the status quo, similar to another by-gone era, when the military's ban on Black Americans was nothing more than a racist defense of another status...