Word: objections
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...student who asked to remain unidentified said the $7 "rounding up" represents a full third of the $20 reduction in cost which Carter's budget guidelines forced the school to cut. "I object to the in cost which Carter's budget guidelines going to argue about...
Most students will not object to the increase since it will provide more funds for clinical programs, he said. These programs offer practical law experience in the community...
Something which affects many members of the population, such as health care, is a legitimate object for government regulation. However, the regulation of an act which would affect only the individual involved, such as mountain climbing, is ridiculous. Mr. Yates neither needed nor wanted rescue parties to be sent out. They were sent out because he had violated a regulation established by the people through their elected representatives or the laws of nature...
First of all, I object to Mr. Yates' claim that he is responsible for his own well-being. Whether his claim is valid or not, he certainly is not competent to make a decision which endangers the lives of others, i.e. the park rangers and any other individuals who might have been in the woods at the time. Mr. Yates' selfish decision occupied the equipment and manpower of the park service--valuable resources which might have been needed for genuine emergencies...
Secondly, I object to the 'glorification' of individuals like Mr. Yates by the media. The Crimson has chosen to make a hero of Mr. Yates for an action which was not only irresponsible but illegal. Mr. Yates poses the question: "Why should I have to defer to someone else's definition of acceptable risk?" The answer lies in the moral values which underpin our system of law: the belief that human life is sacred and, therefore, the individual is not free to sacrifice...