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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.
Responding to the HRGSA resolution, Nicholas T. Christakos '79, a Leverett House delegate to the Constitutional Convention, said yesterday that "we followed the Department of Health, Education and Welfare guidelines for affirmative action in deciding what groups needed special representation."
Hanson added that the Constitutional Convention purposely neglected to inform students that there might be a mandatory charge to finance the organization.
Jay Yeager '79, a resident of Leverett House and a Crimson editor, is a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Special representation for minorities and women was not an easy issue for the convention. Delegates both for and against such representation had quite legitimate points. In the end, the convention decided to grant one seat in the assembly to each of the five minority groups recognized by the department of...