Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decision to postpone consideration of the committee for Faculty discipline came late in the meeting. Michael Walzer, associate professor of Governement and chairman of the Faculty's liberal caucus, urged a delay because the little time remaining was not enough to air the questions he and other Faculty members had about the procedures envisioned under the proposal...
...large number of Faculty didn't think they were," says Walzer. Other Faculty members indicate they believe concern about this issue goes far beyond the ranks of the liberal caucus...
...Liberal caucus members feel the Administration has often been indifferent to their concerns and to Faculty concerns in general. Communications with the administration at lower levels, they feel, has improved markedly since the crisis. Some attribute this to the power liberals displayed during the April Faculty votes. "The number of people who can get their opinions to the places where decisions are made is increasing." says Womack. But he adds, "What there is in our caucus is a feeling that higher up there is a lack of sympathy and cooperation...
Conservative caucus members favor the appointment of any new Faculty groups. The conservative group, according to Wilson, feels "shrewd and sensitive" administrators could ensure that all views were represented on any new governing board whereas an elected board might lean to one side or the other...
...October 4, beginning at noon, there will be a city-wide march on the Federal building. Supporters of the march are regional-Cambridge and Boston-SDS members, which means that they are largely members of the Worker-Student Alliance (WSA) causus of SDS, a caucus whose philosophy is based on that of the Progressive Labor Party. WSA claims to be the only true SDS, and does not recognize the split with the Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM), who walked out of last summer's Chicago convention. (More of RYM later...