Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Housing Registry normally employs no criteria other than the anti discrimination rule. It merely gives facts about available rooms to interested students. The Registry is now University-sponsored; continued expansion of its service made continued PBH sponsorship impossible...
Under the currently operating 70 percent rule, no House can accept all its first place applicants, but each must fill 30 percent of its vacancies with second and third-choice preferences...
...University has never smiled on the mediums of popular entertainment. Throughout its history, the Corporation treated theatricals as the blacksheep of extracurricular activities. And with the growth of commercial broadcasts, the Administration's disdain entered this field with the rule that: "No organization shall be allowed to appear on a commercially sponsored radio or TV program." While theatrical stock has risen this year, the ban on radio and television continues...
...Band appeared on television for a charity drive, while the same year, the Rugby Club was denied permission to play at a benefit for Cerebral Palsy. The Band and football team have consistently been heard on Atlantic Oil sportcasts. This random selection of clubs and sponsors leaves the rule arbitrary at best. Only by giving all groups automatic permission, can the University avoid appearing to discriminate between them...
Another aim of the rule is to keep irresponsible groups, which might reflect badly on the University, from appearing before large audiences. But, carried to the extreme, the prohibition is hardly airtight. Any student may appear on radio or television as a person. Even a large group, accidentally comprising the full membership of some organization, could theoretically appear on any show. Moreover, the blanket rule, in following the Administration's no-favorites policy, also sidelines groups which would add credit to the University...