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...response to "A Letter from the Publisher" [Dec. 2]: we wonder about the criteria used in determining the "corporate grant of $250,000 to be divided among 25 women's colleges selected for academic excellence and leadership...
...avoid some off-hand bigotry. Besides, the prime argument for having local boards is that they are representative; that they will be more likely than a national board to know that opthamologists should be deferred in Alaska because people there often have eye trouble. By setting up some residence criteria and ordering an end to segregation the Commission could ensure better representation. A clause limiting a member to 5 or so years on the board could keep the group responsive to changes in the community...
...sexes. He is not a pseudohermaphrodite, with the organs of his own sex so unusually formed that they are mistaken for those of the other. He is not a homosexual in the accepted sense. He usually has a normal male physique, but feels emotionally like a woman. The converse criteria apply to the masculine-oriented woman. Both types of transsexuals are likely to be transvestites, preferring the clothing of the "opposite...
Confused & Vulnerable. How to measure such religiosity? The court devised six criteria, ranging from the degree of church control and the number of compulsory religious courses to the "image of the college in the community." However inviting to subjective judgment, the test clearly barred grants to the two Catholic colleges, one of which planned to put crucifixes in each new, tax-paid science classroom. Western Maryland's Methodism was more elusive, but clear church control barred that grant too. Only Hood (U.C.C.) passed the test, because, among other open-minded policies, it welcomes teachers and students of all faiths...
...California, Don Muchmore's State Poll found that voters favor by a 2-to-l margin the controversial Proposition 16, which would strengthen anti-pornography legislation by popular initiative. Known as the CLEAN amendment (for the Californiam League to Enlist Action Now), Proposition 16 would broaden the criteria for declaring material obscene and give police discretion in making seizures. Opponents argue that Proposition 16 amounts to unconstitutional censorship. Democratic Governor Edmund Brown, running for his third term, opposes the proposition, while his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, supports...