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...heels of the A.D. final club's decision to close its doors to non-members, two other final clubs--the Owl and the Delphic--have taken steps to restrict access to their buildings, final club members said yesterday...
Lichten says the keycard system also made administrators' lives easier by allowing them to expand or restrict access to different buildings at different times of the year, depending on the need...
...attempting to restrict this, it is not our intention to be unfriendly, but it is obviously frustrating for our students to have to fight their way through crowds to find a seat in their own dining hall. The dining halls are places to eat, but they used to be places to build community as well. Randomization has clearly made the situation worse. The administration obviously prefers the appearance of diverse communities on paper than in everyday reality. Nov. 19, 1998 The writer is master of Adams House...
...right to vote Nov. 3. Their report, entitled "Losing the Vote," identified the last group of mentally competent adults to be denied the vote in the United States: those who have been convicted of a felony. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia have felony disenfranchisement laws which restrict offenders' voting rights. In 10 of these states, that disenfranchisement is permanent. A plea bargain for a first-time felony offense can mean losing the vote for life...
Some offenders have attempted to correct these discrepancies in the courts. However, despite their flaws, felony disenfranchisement laws are explicitly allowed under the United States Constitution. The 14th Amendment acknowledges the ability of states to restrict their suffrage "for participation in rebellion, or other crime," and the Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that "this language was intended by Congress to mean what it says." Only one exception has been found, namely disenfranchisement for a specifically racist purpose. However, felony disenfranchisement laws are ostensibly race-neutral, and unless the racial bias is explicit, the courts will not intervene...