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...dispute that led to the walkout began with a February announcement by President Donald Hornig, a science adviser to President Johnson, that Brown would have to trim its budget by 15% and its faculty by 16.5% over the next three years. The school was facing a $4 million deficit and could no longer afford to support its full academic program, one of the most innovative in the Ivy League. A student committee met with the administration but could not work out a compromise. When it became apparent that the university was adamant, the students voted last week to boycott their...
President Hornig was more understanding, conceding that the strike was "a reflection of the pressure on students of rising costs and a kind of austerity they haven't learned to live with." Nonetheless, he added, "It is not clear to me how staying away from classes hurts anyone but the students involved...
...university officials held the line. Whether or not Hornig kept his budget a purely rational affair, and not a political one--as maintained repeatedly during two months of give-and-take--he succeeded in satisfying students without compromising his original budget priorities...
...division Chris Hornig and Radcliffe star Mari Roehn with a second and two first in the first three races. But the winds of fate finally caught up with them and the pair capsized in the final race...
SAILING: The Harvard sailing team elected CHRIS HORNIG and KEVIN GAUGHAN co-captains this week. The defending national champion Crimson sailors have already taken on the top teams on the east coast in two regattas during the past two weekends. March 29-30 at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, the unpracticed squad finished eighth out of 12 with Tim Black skippering in A Division and Tony Leggett skippering in B. Powerhouse Tufts won the event...