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At the same time, some fears about the legislation—particularly faculty concern that government agents would make use of a Patriot Act provision allowing them to look into library records without a warrant—have, thus far, not come to fruition, according to University officials.
Morani said that another work security provision in the current contract—an extension of wages and benefits for up to three months for laid-off employees looking for work—has failed in its aim to deter the University from laying off employees.
The move to emphasize public service within the curriculum, including a provision for active service components in some classes, is a bold and positive step, as is the proposed opportunity to earn honors recognition within academic concentrations without traditional Theses. We also support a reorganization of the academic calendar and...
The Massachusetts legislature recently stripped a provision declaring the state’s support for stem cell research from an economic stimulus bill passed last fall. Pro-life groups and lobbyists for the Catholic Church engineered the move—falsely equating therapeutic cloning with abortion.
At the time, Ellwood, who already had left the administration, publicly criticized the compromise provision, calling it “welfare reform in name only” and urging Clinton to veto the bill.