Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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One hundred eighty-three undergraduates have signed a petition to the deans protesting University procedure in making decisions concerning student affairs.
Under present policy, the petition charged, the viewpoint of students "doesn't count for very much." The deans make decisions "unilaterally" and students are "powerless and voiceless in the formulation of policies that affect their lives," the petition warned.
The petition asked the deans to "work in cooperation with, or at least consult" such organizations as the Harvard Undergraduate Council before making decisions on mixers, parietals, meal plans, off-campus living, and other issues "vitally affecting...undergraduate life."
Certainly not all law students or professors agree. Indeed, a notably quiet antiwar petition is currently being circulated at a number of law schools, urging lawyers "to work for a change in every legitimate way they can." Among the signers: Alan Dershowitz, founder of Harvard's Viet Nam course...
Ultimately, it is desired that a representative will introduce the petition on the floor, a prerequisite for legal action to be taken on it.