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...trust will be directed by Assistant Dean of the College Karen E. Avery '87, he said, and will fund student groups as part of the Harvard College Women's Initiative...
...that most pressing part of student life--food--Illingworth said rumors about a fourth dining hall meal at Harvard, possibly late in the evening, "is being worked on" by Harvard Dining Services...
...Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 10 in a case that endangers the funding of student groups at public universities across the nation. Three conservative law students at the University of Wisconsin: Madison sued the school to recover fees they had paid to support campus student groups. They argued that the school was forcing them to pay for the activities of liberal groups whose messages they opposed. While a federal appeals court has found in their favor, the Supreme Court should reverse that decision and recognize the existence of active student groups as integral to the atmosphere and function...
Currently, the University of Wisconsin charges a mandatory fee from each student, which is channeled to student groups through a general university fund as well as through the student government. The students who sued objected to the activities of groups such as Amnesty International, the Madison AIDS Support Network and the Campus Women's Center, and they have asked for the right to withhold their support. Several right-wing law organizations, such as the Washington Legal Foundation, have submitted amicus briefs urging the Court to end the University of Wisconsin's fee system...
...Supreme Court has already ruled that the funding of student organizations does represent a public forum for the purpose of distributing funds. In other words, a public university cannot discriminate among the groups that it funds and there is no evidence that the University of Wisconsin was selectively favoring liberal causes in its support of student groups. However, that earlier decision had expressly avoided the question of whether the school can legitimately compel students to pay for the forum...