Word: law
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Ford and Glimp also replied to the demand list. In response to the demand that Harvard abolish ROTC, Ford said, "I can't imagine the University breaking a contract unless it had a cause. That would be breaking the law." He added that the administration had already decide to "do all in our power" to replace ROTC scholarships, and dismissed the rent and building demands as beyond the Faculty's jurisdiction...
While the failure of minorities to get any representation on the board has led the directors to establish an investigation of the current election procedure set forth in the by-laws, the issues and questions raised by the alternated slate have given birth to a second study under the Community and Operations Committee (COC), which has just gotten started under Cornelius W. May, a third-year law student...
...Latin. Brown, therefore, declared the election of the stockholders' slate. No quorum, no meeting. At this point, however, a number of people raised some serious and embarrassing questions about the Coop's method of calculating a quorum. For instance, one student pointed out that the Coop listed 2008 Law School members, while, in fact, there are only 1699 enrolled in the entire Law School. Brown, at the time, admitted that there might have been a few mistakes, but maintained that they would not affect the conclusion that a quorum had not attended the meeting. He promised to make sure that...
After a spot check of 300 names in the Law School category revealed alumni, M.I.T. grad students, and Business School students included, the board of directors ordered a careful check of every name on the voting list. The Coop personnel who carried out this tedious task made sure not to include anyone as a voting member unless his identity and eligibility were verified. In the process they discovered many duplicate listings. Of the more than 28,000 names checked, 21,029 appeared in the directories...
...gathered 25 signatures. Voting eligibility might expand to include all current Coop members. Although this plan would make the voting more indicative of the entire Coop membership, it would diminish the chance of electnig an alternate slate. After the last annual meeting, Louis Loss, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law and Coop vice-president and general counsel, admitted that proxy voting actually helps entrenched management. Stockholders generally tend to re-elect successful management...