Word: constitutionalizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Eliot House Committee voted 20-1 in favor of a resolution supporting the proposed constitution for a college-wide student association last night, Douglas Tweedale '80, an Eliot House committee member who helped draft the resolution, said.
"We are not opposed to the idea of student government but to the Constitution's failure to provide criteria for deciding what groups get special representation and what do not," Charles R. Fraser '78, president of the HRGSA, said yesterday.
The HRGSA cited "the failure of the Constitutional Convention to allocate special representation to either the Radcliffe Lesbian Union or the HRGSA" as its reason for opposing the Constitution in a resolution passed last Wednesday.
The Harvard-Radcliffe Gay Students Association (HRGSA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Club decided last week to urge students to vote against the proposed constitution for a college-wide student government association.
You may disagree with parts of the constitution. You may think it won't change anything. But when the time comes for you to vote next week, remember that ratification consists of a majority of all undergraduates, not just those voting, so a decision not to vote is the same...