Word: mergers
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Mitchell's post is a casulty of the so-called non-merger merger reorganization of Harvard and Radcliffe...
...COCU actually proposed a detailed plan for union. Members soon began complaining about the prospect of superparishes that might gobble up individual congregations and pointing out the proposed church's top-heavy administrative structure. Last year United Church of Christ executives issued a report sharply criticizing the whole merger design, and Eugene Carson Blake's own United Presbyterians, in a surprise vote, pulled out of the talks altogether. Then, this month, delegates at a national COCU meeting in Memphis withdrew the merger plan entirely. As an alternative, they discussed a more low-key approach based on practical cooperation...
Another problem is the uncertainty of the University's continued support. Though Radcliffe President Horner, in an interview, said she hopes Radcliffe can continue to fund E4A as one of Radcliffe's retained functions under the "non-merger merger," the status of the organization under a new contract to come is unclear. Furthermore, while Bunting and Horner both express, as Horner said, a long-term interest in "student-initiated, student-run kinds of projects," the priorities of Harvard in negotiating a joint budget with Radcliffe are less clear...
...political alliances since the breakup of Nasser's United Arab Republic in 1961. Eighteen months ago, he got Egypt and Syria to join in a "Federation of Arab Republics" with Libya. Later this year he is set to join Libya with Egypt in a full-scale political merger. Egypt's Anwar Sadat, whom Gaddafi detests, will be the President, and Cairo will be the capital. But Muammar Gaddafi will be the bankroller, the resident fury and the heir apparent...
Epps's duties as dean of Students are somewhat difficult to pinpoint. Charles P. Whitlock, dean of the College, has taken over many student-Faculty matters. And following the merger of Harvard and Radcliffe housing, Genevieve Austin took charge of housing matters--previously under the supervision of the dean of Students. Epps says that this leaves him free to pursue; "other administrative areas...