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...right for a department to charter its own course is very important, and until Yale changes, I don't think it will be able to realize its full potential," Gates said...

Author: By Nelson Y. Wang, | Title: Yale Afro-Am Studies Declines | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...This clause in this contract is simply unconscionable," said Sullivan, noting that the city charter prohibits "granting tenure" to the manager. "It gives away the store...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Council Extends City Manager's Tenure | 2/14/1989 | See Source »

Cookin' is now defined by its new charter. Had your reporter investigated this, she would have discovered that Cookin' is a college-wide group which is dedicated to sponsoring live performances. We are not permanently based in Cabot House; we have decided to use the Cabot JCR as a venue until other alternatives are found...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cookin' | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

...most prestigious fraternities on campus. It was a welcome embrace for the young man whose move from Harlem to rural Vermont had been, he recalls, "a pretty heavy transition." There was one problem: the fraternity he chose, Sigma Phi Epsilon, like most others, had a racial restriction in its charter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running As His Own Man: RONALD BROWN | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

...fraternity. Brown said little, though he let it be known that he was unwilling to finesse the issue by accepting house privileges without full membership. Finally, the fraternity brothers rallied around and initiated him. As a result, the national headquarters of Sigma Phi revoked the chapter's charter. Middlebury responded by barring any fraternity with racial barriers. Eventually, all the college's fraternities repealed their exclusionary clauses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running As His Own Man: RONALD BROWN | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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