Word: referenda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DISARMAMENT and nuclear weapons issues have captured plenty of grassroots attention in the last two years, so it is not surprising that the Nuclear Free Cambridge referendum has been a hot topic at public forums and around dinner tables for months. But the other two referenda that will also be decided next Tuesday each could have very significant effects on Cambridge's future, and each deserves careful consideration...
Several schools conducted campus-wide referenda to determine student sentiment on the disarmament issue...
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...council also approved its budget for the spring semester; outlined plans for an open student forum on the Core Curriculum scheduled for next Tuesday; gave preliminary approval to a constitutional amendment regarding council-run referenda: and approved expenditures for a council newsletter, to run as a paid full-page advertisement twice monthly in the Harvard Independent...
However, the more important issue involved here is responsibility. After referendum voting was completed, Council members might have decided that referenda on national issues were not worthwhile. But instead, a number of Council members prejudged the issue. They decided in advance that this referendum was an inappropriate Council activity, despite the fact that over 10 percent of the student body had indicated their desire for it. This decision influenced their behavior and their public pronouncements. Several Council members decided they would refuse to administer the referenda. Before and during the polling, Council members were quoted in The Crimson expensing their...