Word: motioning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Committee of Fifteen is the most visible and vocal of all the committees created out of the chaos of last April. According to the motion of the Faculty on April 11 the committee had three responsibilities: "investigate the causes" of the April crisis, assume the responsibility of disciplining students involved in the building take-over, and, after consultation with all concerned parties, "recommend changes in the governance of the University...
...finest. But in the peculiar stratification of tennis players, the Australian stars are classified as full-fledged professionals (as opposed to "players" like Ashe, who may compete for money but are not under professional contract to any organization). Last July, Davis Cup officials voted down a motion to sanction the series as an open tournament, which served to preclude the game's top players from competition and perpetuate the charge of "shamateurism" that has plagued tennis for years...
Everett I. Mendelsohn, associate professor of the History of Science, who will introduce the Moratorium resolution, has also agreed to support the withdrawal motion. "The two address themselves to the same broad recommendation, but deal with different areas," he said...
Later, after his motion for the special Faculty meeting passed, Mendelsohn said he would offer a resolution for "endorsement of a sort" of the moratorium by the Faculty. He said he hoped it would be more than a technical motion allowing students and Faculty to omit classes without penalty, and rather "one which goes to the heart of the matter and addresses the legitimacy of the actions being taken on that...
Three years ago, the use of class rankings to determine student deferments nearly brought the subject to the Faculty, but its political implications led to prolonged maneuvering and, ultimately, the dropping of plans to present a motion on the subject...