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...Faculty faces two distinct proposals for revision. It should quickly dispose of a resolution drafted by the Faculty Council, which only promises to exacerbate the problems that have faced the CRR in the past. A proposal advanced by William Paul, McKay Professor of Applied Physics, deserves lengthier consideration, but all of its provisions except one--the amendment intended to revitalize the long-dormant Commission on Inquiry--should also be voted down...
...could lead to Viet Nam, then how could it be trusted in other respects? To the critics, all American institutions eventually seemed to be tainted, the democratic process itself in jeopardy. Compromise gave way to confrontation, and violence increasingly became the means of settling disputes. America split into distinct social parts: one iconoclastic and alienated, the other clinging more stubbornly than ever to the traditional values under assault. It was a country that could scarcely be governed until it could be put back together...
...expatriate Soviet Jews constitute a distinct and untypical minority. So far, only 132 Soviet Jews who have emigrated to Israel-less than one-third of 1 % of the total-have indicated a desire to return to their homeland. By comparison, 40% of American Jews who emigrate return...
...Robert Ekhaml is an ex-seminarian now working as a crime-lab analyst for the San Diego sheriff's office. Not yet ordained, he has received a dispensation since he is only 33. The father of two, Ekhaml sees the diaconate as "a distinct vocation which gives me a positive goal." He has been working with the deaf in his off-hours for eight years and will continue to do so as a deacon. "The deaf are deprived of contact with God," he says. "If they go to church, they don't know what's going...
This decision was based on the anticipation of a younger, less responsible student body, a greater turn-over in the paper's staff, and a definite desire to keep Service News policies and standards distinct from those of the Crimson...