Word: drastic
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...negotiations stagnated, prompting students to take more drastic actions to support the workers and Union. Groups such as the Student Labor Action Movement and the Stand for Security Coalition organized extensive protests and even a nine-day hunger strike, which resulted in the hospitalization of two undergraduates, to encourage the University to intervene in the contract negotiations. The activism prompted University human resource officials to seek an expedited audit of AlliedBarton to ensure that the subcontractor met the University's hiring and wage parity requirements for in-house and outsourced workers...
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...shown in approaching budget cuts.“I think the fact that they’re being cautious and not doing anything out of the ordinary—I think there’s a lot of wisdom in that,” Hissey says. More drastic measures would have suggested less consideration for the “human impact” of inevitable changes at the University, Cogan says, adding that “there’s a high level of respect and confidence in what she’s doing...
...that political engagement on campus was virtually nonexistent, with students expressing more concern over the closing of the popular bar Cronin’s to make room for the Holyoke Center than the absence of black students on campus, male-female segregation, or lingering anti-Semitism.But Marglin would make a drastic departure from the depoliticized environment of the late 50s to marry his economics with a radical brand of politics.A self-avowed “pink-diaper,” Marglin said his left-wing politics stemmed from his parents—moderate leftists in their own right.But not until...
...referring to her responsibilities as a PAF. “I would be wiling to take less money and still do the position.” Despite the grim projections on paper, some students on the committee did not believe that the cuts would be so drastic in reality. Abdelsamad said that he does not believe the concentration fair would be completely eliminated. “That was a harsh assessment,” he said. He said that the fair will likely combine with another event, or take a more subdued form. According to Abdelsamad, the cuts were made...