Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gina Grant story and the volatile and energetic debate which it has sparked offer an important opportunity to discuss some interesting issues in higher education. It is a referendum, not on the particularities of Grant's situation, which might encourage the spouting of easy moral judgments--but rather on what it means to attend Harvard University and on what it means to want to attend Harvard...
Details of the bill to be considered next week have not yet been set and could be different form those in the referendum, Liston said...
...council itself will vote on direct elections at next week's meeting. If members fail to pass the bill calling for direct elections, the question will be put to the students along with a referendum on a new school mascot...
...council passes the bill next week, Liston said, the May referendum will not take place. If the referendum does take place and passes, he said, the council will make the necessary changes to its bylaws at its meeting...
...binding, half of the student body has to vote and at least 75 percent of the votes must be in favor of the referendum...