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...line: Rent control, imperfect though it may be, is the only mechanism helping to stabilize Cambridge as a well-integrated city with a mixed-income population. Councillor David Sullivan, and the other CCA candidates, know this. If they are re-elected, I hope they will work even harder to redress rent control inequities, and to complement rent control with other programs designed to preserve housing opportunities for residents of limited means...
...said that through a variety of technical measures and revisions, the 1985 Higher Education Act should redress the balance as much a possible in light of the deficit...
...heated exchange, a member of the audience spoke up angrily against Millet's lack of "seriousness," recalling the case of a rape victim in Minnesota who later learned that photos taken during the rape had been sold to pornographers. Millet's unfamiliarity with the incident and forms of legal redress available in such instances appeared to disappoint and frustrate many. The legalistic and practical tone of MacKinnon's forceful argument, in contrast, emphasizes the critical failure of current laws to provide any redress...
...been involved in coordinated political activities. Its role has been both to intimidate student activists and to deflect responsibility for punishing students away from University Hall. The COI's functions, on the other hand, are ambiguous at best. It has no authority either to levy sanctions or to demand redress. Moreover, it can do little even to investigate grievances. Perhaps the COI's role as a clearinghouse for complaints against the University is a bureaucratic convenience, but it also serves as a buffer for discontent. While the COI purports to discharge the University's responsibility to provide a channel...
Privacy interest do not preclude answers to some key questions, if the Hibbs case is to serve as any indication to harassment victims that they may hopefully seek proper redress: What degree of sexual harassment must occur to result in dismissal from the Faculty? What is the range of punishments for varying degrees of harassment? Moreover, should Harvard, in the face of widespread doubt that it is serious about dealing with sexual harassment, have signed an agreement with Hibbs barring any further discussion of the case...