Word: boylan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...advisory role is an advisory role any way you cut it. We need to keep the issue of having students in the final decision making open," Boylan said. "There are some areas over which students should have complete authority such as meal plans and shuttle buses," he added...
Joseph McDonough '81, a member of the Dowling Committee, said he sympathized with Boylan's views. "The idea that there are things that ought to be done by students themselves appeals to me greatly," McDonough said yesterday. McDonough added, however, that the governance system outlined in the committee proposal will provide a structure through which students can obtain power...
John E. Dowling, professor of Biology and chairman of the committee, said he didn't find Boylan's concerns "relevant to our deliberations." He added, "We certainly aren't suggesting what students should have autonomy over." Other committee members refused comment...
...Boylan questioned the policy of closed door committee meetings, saying that students should be allowed to sit in. McDonough said the committee was just making recommendations and that its meetings should be kept confidential to prevent lengthy arguments which might slow progress...
...During Boylan's presentation to the Student Assembly last night, assembly members pointed out that other universities give students more authority. Boylan said that the issue of student authority has been raised several times in the Dowling Committee, only to be ignored or dismissed...