Word: reformer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also said he wanted to help shape Democratic policy concerning health care, welfare reform and environmental issues...
...want to see social security reform grounded in Democratic principles," Sanberg said...
Mitchell said she also saw social security and welfare reform as very important issues for the Democratic party. She said she was interested in representing a demographic group larger than just Harvard students...
...Before coming to Harvard, Pellegrini taught at Barnard College and Columbia University; both schools shifted from shopping to pre-registration systems while she was there. Today, she welcomes shopping period reform. "With pre-registration, you don't have to end up taking the course you signed up for in advance," she adds. "There isn't a lot of change number-wise. The names may change, but the number of bodies stays about constant." Pellegrini suggests that pre-registration "would appeal to a great many Faculty." She acknowledges were she a student, she might not be as enthusiastic about dropping shopping...
...Staff's logic is flawed. Closing the clubs to non-members will not reduce sexism or social elitism. Because this trend is unlikely to precipitate the demise of the clubs, supporting it is akin to sticking one's head in the sand. Just as Harvard has reformed itself from an elitist, exclusively Protestant institution, the clubs must reform. Their physical plants represent enormous resources, and increased restriction only allows a small group of students to continue to hoard them. A true victory for the clubs' critics would entail positive change and not merely containment...