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...faculty did not rescind the requirement, as the students had wanted, but it did back off. The School's faculty council agreed to a compromise, proposing that students' faculty advisers be allowed to reduce the number of courses required of individual students in a field of concentration...
...mayoralty election? No. The latest and perhaps final chapter in the struggle over whether to retain Dade County's bitterly debated ordinance outlawing discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations. This week the county will hold a referendum to decide whether or not to rescind the law. Already the issue has grown into a symbol of the countrywide battle for homosexual rights-pitting the zeal of Singer Anita Bryant, the pro-repeal crusader, against the anti-repeal efforts of newly energized gay activists...
...Council did not have time to discuss the most controversial proposal in that section of the report: the proposal that the Faculty rescind existing quotas for senior faculty participation in undergraduate tutorials...
...Rescinding Support. ERA'S chances are also clouded by a legal question that has not been answered. After approving the ERA, three states-Tennessee, Nebraska and Idaho-voted to rescind their support, and similar measures are awaiting action in six states. Legal experts disagree on whether the Congress or the courts will accept such rescissions. If they do, ERA would need ratification by at least six additional states, which would probably prove impossible...
...said that "the Faculty should rescind the current legislation, as recommended in the report, but that departments and concentrations should still commit themselves to devoting more time to undergraduates...