Word: petitioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The students have submitted a petition to the university administration which states, "lectures are interrupted or drowned out," and that "library facilities are inadequate and likewise noisy." The document also deplores the lack of a student lounge.
News of the violence inflamed passions in Yerevan, where residents are still furious over Moscow's refusal last July to grant their petition to allow Armenia to annex Nagorno-Karabakh. Yerevan workers declared a city-wide strike, and thousands of protesters surged into Theater Square to chant "Sessiya! Sessiya!" (session...
The recommendations, authored by the Young Committee, strengthen the University's hand in elections, and raise obstacles to unofficial petition candidates, critics charge. Harvard says the changes are necessary to ensure that the composition of the board is adequately balanced to reflect the needs of the University's academic visiting...
The changes would also skew the very process of voting in the administration's favor. University candidates would be listed first on the ballot followed by petition nominees, instead of in the currently random order. Harvard would send a report to alumni promoting its slate. Ballots would be counted by...
When alumni voted in the last election, they were faced with the decision between a slate of distinguished University nominees and equally distinguished petition candidates--nominated for their qualifications and pro-divestment views. Shouldn't alumni be allowed, free from the administration's interference and subtle hints, to make a...