Word: student
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most of its seven-year history, the Undergraduate Council has been plagued by a lack of direction. Although it has become a more active political forum this year, there is no institutional guarantee that the council will continue to represent student opinions on issues more substantive than keg parties and shuttle bus schedules...
...this week, students have the chance to energize the council and shape its future agenda. By voting "yes" this week on a referendum to have the entire student-body elect the council's chair, you can make the council more accountable to student opinion...
Currently most school districts tell parents which public school their children must attend. It could be a school down the block or one across town in need of better racial balance. The problem, critics argue, is that parents have no say, and even bad schools are rewarded with full student bodies and tax revenues. That is beginning to change. In locations as diverse as New York's East Harlem, San Francisco and Cambridge, Mass., parents are now free to select what they judge to be the best public school in their district. Minnesota goes even further. It is phasing...
...movie finds nothing ambiguous in this tale. No student rebels, reform is achieved at miracle speed, all opposition is seen as opportunistic. In short, complexity is sacrificed to fast-food inspirationalism. After the cheers die and the tears dry comes the realization that Lean on Me is serving up empty emotional calories. They don't leave you sick, just hungry for an honest meal...
...revolution. In high school one of his teachers thought Paul "the most remarkable boy I have ever taught, a perfect prince. Still, I can't forget that he is a Negro." Neither could the college football players who reviled him, or the secretary who warned the young law student, "I never take dictation from a nigger...