Word: quos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ironically, many of the present excesses stem from laudable reforms of the past. In 1974, California passed a measure requiring detailed disclosure of campaign contributions and spending. But the law's conflict-of-interest provisions, which forbid many practices that give the appearance of quid pro quo fund raising, apply only to local officials, not to state legislators. The disclosure rules, moreover, enable politicians to trace the source of their opponents' funding and seek parity...
That fact is difficult to accept for those impatient with the status quo...
Minority students must avoid both naive "racist" polemics that only aggravate the ghettoized status of minority issues and moreover complacent basking in the benefits of the status quo. Institutionalization jades students into an assimilating mentality which no longer thinks of minority involvement in academia as a political question...
...time for all students to realize that belonging to a finals club entails more than just hanging out with a group of male friends. By accepting an offer of membership, students are accepting a status quo that runs counter to fundamental American values. It is hard to understand how these clubs can continue to exhibit their moral backwardness while the college continues to open doors on many issues. It is hard to see the justice in the clubs' harbor cruises and estate outings while other students are working to improve conditions at public housing projects or battered women shelters...
Individual students can make a difference. The clubs can no longer be accepted as benign vestiges of Harvard's aristocratic past. Students should express dismay when they find out that a friend is considering joining a club. Women should stop accepting the status quo and should refuse to enter clubs which by their very existence encourage demeaning and sexist attitudes. Present members should resign from the clubs because of the clubs' immoral foundations...