Word: hymans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Associate Professor of History Ellen Fitzpatrick asked how the U.C. could claim to be representative when the four members presenting the memo were all white males, according to U.C. President Robert M. Hyman...
...Hyman said he replied to Fitzpatrick's question by citing the fact that of all the students the U.C. selected to serve on faculty committees last semester, a majority were women...
...That trend has continued this semester," Hyman said...
...second highlight of Hyman's tenure has been the assurance of popular elections of the president and vice-president next fall. We find the whole idea of intra-council executive elections downright incestuous. The campus is certainly able to select its own leaders. Council executives are the public servants of the students from whom the council itself derives authority and funding. The decentralization of control from the council to students is a step in the right direction--a democratic...
What's lacking from Hyman's council is enough of a sense of a student voice. The president must serve as a responsive and responsible advocate on behalf of his or her peers when dealing with the Administration. Though Hyman has pushed through resolutions on divestment from Nigeria, anonymous HIV testing procedures at UHS, financial aid assurances and universal key card access, he has been noticeably weak in his public stances, appearances and representations. We hope that Hyman is a more visible and active president this semester in relation to campus issues...