Word: functional
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...establishment of a Docket Committee, the report said, could "save considerable time in Faculty discussion." This committee, which would consist of three Faculty Council members, would set a tentative docket for all Faculty meetings-a function now exercised by the Dean of the Faculty, who would chair the committee...
...great tragedy of the case is that the trial served absolutely no therapeutic function. Had the conspiracy actually existed, creation of a political defense would have been easier. Several of the defendants had stated in speeches that they were aiding, abetting and counseling non-compliance with the draft laws so that they might force the government to undertake a test case on the issues raised...
Asked why the 100 students complained to him, Hokanson replied, "I'm visible and they think I'm the one who can solve their problems. It just happens to be a function of the job that you take a lot of shit from everybody...
...dying patient's first reaction is denial: "No, not me." The response serves an important function. Writes Dr. Kübler-Ross: "It allows the patient to collect himself and, with time, mobilize other, less radical defenses...
There is another objection to this first point. For assuming, even, that the university is a-political, point one comes nowhere near meeting opposition to the war as a moral issue. Will the faculty claim the right to function 'without moral objectives,' a la Werner von Braun? By choosing to view opposition to the war as a strictly "political" issue the faculty simply defines things to make it easier for itself, and fails completely in meeting opposition whose roots are in moral outrage...