Word: conflicted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Point (Terry Knickerbocker) team in a lovely duet that tells the sad tale of "the merryman and his maid ("I have a song to sing, O!"); in this evocatively staged number, lyrics, music, choreography and voices blend into a moving statement of the main terms of the drama--the conflict between lord and jester for the fair maiden's hand and heart...
...unions; associations of professors, vice-chancellors, and even university presidents have joined in condemning the reform. While the crisis does not really resemble May 1968--there has been little rioting, and few organized attempts to expand the movement's scope beyond immediate demands--continued governmental intransigence may escalate the conflict. Although Alice Saunier-Seite, secretary of education and the author of the reform, has offered minimal concessions while refusing to consider its repeal, it appears likely that the government will eventually be forced to abandon the reform or risk a rapid collapse of both its electoral position and its ability...
Budget Cut. Ten of the 15 academic deans have demanded his ouster, and in a 377-to-117 vote, the faculty senate also asked for his resignation. Besides his overpowering style in office, a number of substantive issues have fueled the conflict. Boston is meagerly endowed ($25 million), and the administration has been forced to modify its $128 million budget to meet the demands of declining enrollments and rising costs. In December, 90 untenured professors were told they would lose their jobs when their contracts expired. Announcing the need for a 20% budget cut in the next two years, Silber...
...refuses to honor tenure in making staff reductions, emphasizing quality rather than seniority. It is true that tenure has been used frequently to keep radicals out of the academic community; but eliminating tenure completely would further increase the power of the central administration. Given Silber's history of conflict with radical professors--he has fought long and hard against the formation of an academic union there--allowing him to remove tenure would destroy job security...
...Church--I've found total freedom to contribute in almost any way possible,....within reason. In fact I've found quite a mixture of attitudes in the Radcliffe community--some are frightened by all this pressure from the expectations put on women now, and some are experiencing a conflict because they find in themselves that the strongest desire is a natural desire of marriage and motherhood which if sketched out is a sterotypical role of the woman...