Word: slated
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Following the Coop opposition slate's defeat Wednesday, both the opposition and Coop officials are raising questions about election procedure...
...campaign began with a bang and hurriedly converted itself into a whimper. When the plan was announced earlier this month by Wesley E.Profit '69, the election of the new slate seemed to promise a radical transformation of the Coop from a moribund and insensitive burden on the Cambridge community into a major force for social equality and change...
...during the ensuing debate over the Coop and its policies, it has become clear that the Coop is neither as evil nor as able to do good as Profit and the members of the insurgent slate had initially believed. Contrary to earlier insinuations, the Coop does not pay uniquely low wages, nor do its hiring practices discriminate against blacks and other minority groups. Because it pays back its profits in the form of patronage refunds, the Coop could probably find very little money to invest in community-oriented projects, and its tax position severely limits the use of whatever money...
That promise is sufficient reason to elect the Profit slate. Although there are no glaring injustices which the student slate will be able to correct at once, student directors will nonetheless assure that student opinion will be heard in the managing of the Coop. It will also assure that such opportunities for a socially useful role for the Coop as may arise in the future will be fully and imaginatively explored. And it is reasonable to expect that, with a group of able and concerned students on the board of the Coop actively looking for such opportunities, they will become...
...turnout of about 1500 Coop members is needed at Cambridge High and Latin tonight if the student slate is to be considered by the membership. Go to the meeting and vote...