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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Clearly, boycotting the CRR now has a practical rather than a purely symbolic rationale. Over the past week, several House committees and the Student Assembly have already made their stand clear by voting overwhelmingly to boycott the CRR. Although the freshman class has voted not to boycott the CRR, most Houses have decided to continue the upperclass boycott. We applaud the Houses' action, and urge the remaining House to follow suit, sending a message to the Faculty that it must accept the entire set of reform proposals before students can begin to acknowledge the legitimacy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Now More Than Ever | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

Whatever the answer, most faculty agree potential assistant professors must receive a very clear description of the limits of the appointment. Peter W. Stanley, assistant professor of History, says, "The tenure problem would be easier if it is clear what the 'options are--if it is a dead end street, the rewards for coming here must be built into the system." Perkins also emphasizes the necessity of honesty about the potential frustrations of the post. "No university that's any good at all is going to promise tenure to a beginning assistant professor, but they should tell...

Author: By Susand D. Chira, | Title: Standing Room Only | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

...still manages a strong performance. And honors for a show-stopping effort go to Jim O'Brien, who brings to the part of Bud Frump--the boss's maddeningly wimpish nephew--not only an impressive comic flair, but also the best singing voice in the cast. O'Brien's clear, powerful solos in "Coffee Break" and "Gotta Stop That Man," the two best-staged production numbers, do full justice to Loesser's music...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: A Moderate Success | 11/15/1978 | See Source »

...think that it is wrong for people in the U.S. to debate the issue of corporate withdrawal on its merits, as perceived by us, when the legitimate democratic forces in South Africa have made it clear that they want our corporations to leave their country? Is this anti-democratic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Investment in South Africa: Donald Woods Speaks Out | 11/15/1978 | See Source »

...subject more closely than Alan Dundes, an anthropologist at the University of California in Berkeley. In his view, fanny patting and centering the ball are only the tip of the gay iceberg. Writing in Western Folklore, Dundes says that the "unequivocal sexual symbolism of the game" makes it clear that football is a homosexual ceremony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Football as Erotic Ritual | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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