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...occupy the building. The CRR revealed its interest in undermining radical solidarity (as opposed to treating everyone fairly under its conception of university law) with a new strategy whereby two freshmen received the heaviest sentences (two years suspended suspension) and the regulars were simply warned. Unable to co-opt OBU, the university hoped to isolate it to death by scaring away any potential new members. The CRR's political stance has preserved itself through the current strike. Its decision to disregard the Friday picket line around University Hall and charge the "hard core" who returned on Monday indicates that they...
...Students will receive as their final grade the mark they received on the mid-term. Students who failed the mid-term may opt for a pass-fail mark. For further questions contact Professor Wylie. A meeting will be held tomorrow and May 18 in Harvard 104 to discuss the exam...
...pleasing some people: many ecologists and Earth Day organizers fear that such gestures will destroy a necessary adversary relationship. Says Fred Kent, coordinator for New York's Environmental Action Coalition: "It is irresponsible for business to say that they support us. They are just trying to co-opt us." The apparent unanimity on the issue of environment disturbs many who fear that genuine progress will be lost amid a flurry of superficial reforms...
...charge of water-pollution programs, has been racing around the country staging flashy Administration-sponsored teach-ins on ecology, hoping thereby to defuse the radical (and Democratic) potential in America's decaying environment. He has created student groups like SCOPE (Student Council On Pollution and Environment) to co-opt young people into Administration programs...
...fighting for anti-pollution devices on automobiles, the goal is so limited that success can easily co-opt the reformer. Improve the automobiles so that more roads will be built, more iron can be mined, and more oil can be pumped. All of these efforts while the government mouths its concern for pollution...