Word: campus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...history of acrimonious relations with organized labor and minority groups led to a long-running boycott of Coors beer by labor unions and other liberal concerns. Although the AFL-CIO recently ended its boycott, refusing to drink the Silver Bullet remains a common badge of political correctness on campus...
...Council formed a campus-wide consortium on Minority and Women faculty, uniting dozens of campus organizations of different ideologies, and spent the year lobbying the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on the need for improving and strengthening the faculty's recruitment procedures for qualified and distinguished minority and women scholars. After conducting individual interviews with key faculty members, a campus-wide petition which garnered nearly 2500 signatures, and a carefully orchestrated letter-writing campaign, the Council--along with the many student groups who supported the effort--succeeded in getting the faculty to adopt changes in its recruitment methods...
...Council, after a rash of attacks on undergraduates in Harvard Yard and a rape in the Science Center, called for increased security measures campus-wide. As a result, the Yard has been brightened at night with improved lighting, the Science Center has upgraded its security measures, classes in self-defense have been held for students, and whistles have been made available to all students...
...Council got final approval from a faculty committee for sweeping changes in the University's policy for protecting free speech. These measures for improving the protection of free speech on campus will be considered by the full faculty this fall...
...Council catalyzed a campus-wide debate on the appropriateness of having ROTC back on campus. The council voted not to have ROTC back, though the debate will continue this year...