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"After lengthy discussion with the academicdeans, there has been recognition that thedepartment is not serving the students' bestinterest," Knowles said.
"The action is quite unusual," says GraduateSchool of Arts and Sciences Administrative DeanJohn B. Fox Jr. '59. "The last time a departmentceased to be, according to lore, was theDepartment of Geography, 30 or 40 years ago...Thisdoesn't happen much."
The administration has cited a"multiplicity of problems" that prompted thedecision to transform the department, but deanshave not been clear on what "problems" beset thedepartment.
At Yale, the linguistics department wasseverely jeopardized in January 1992 when arestructuring committee recommended to disband thedepartment and reallocate its resources into otherdepartments.
"We repeatedly approached them...I'm veryserious about what people in my union deserve,"Kotowski said. "We've pointed out to them the factthat we need showers, that we need cleanerbathrooms." Kotowski said he proposed that ifrenovating the showers was too expensive, thedepartment should consider purchasing aself-contained shower at...