Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Furthermore, land reform--which is at the heart of Aquino's strategy to deal with growing disaffection in the countryside--has not gotten off of the drawing board. Finally, the issue of the presence of American military bases remains as divisive and distracting as ever...
...genuine land reform package is likely to threaten many powerful interests and, unless handled with a subtlety uncharacteristic of the present regime, will be watered down beyond recognition by the time the peasant farmers might reap any benefits. Meanwhile, the only consensus concerning the American military bases is that the U.S. doesn't pay enough for what it gets...
While allowing students to appear before the Board is a constructive step, it is nonetheless only a first step. The Ad Board's evidence-gathering procedures are still in need of reform. Even with the latest reforms, still only the Board itself--and not the students accused--may call witnesses. And students will continue to remain in the dark about the persons who testified against them, a practice contrary to the spirit of the American Constitution...
...with the proposal before the student body for "input," it might look like a good time to make such suggestions. But Dean of the Faculty or Arts and Sciences A. Michael Spence doesn't think so. He said last week that unless students support the reform, the current disciplinary system will not be changed...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 takes a told a reporter, "We haven't really faced the proval. Later that same day, Spence said, "If it's issue yet" of what will happen to the disciplinary system if the current reform does not win approval. Later that same day, Spence said, "If its just impossible to reach a consensus, we'll have to stay with what...