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...presidential debates, and the controversy surrounding them, brought to light another unfair organization—the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Green Party candidate Ralph Nader and Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan had enough support to get on the ballot in many states. However, they were excluded from the debates because of their failure to show 15 percent support in a national poll. This exclusion was a direct result of Democrat and Republican collaboration. Eight of the CPD’s nine board members are Republicans or Democrats, and the executive director is a Republican...
...guards union formed in 1996 after security, museum and parking guards chose to break off from Service Employees International Union. Security guards worked without a contract until 1999, when they reached a settlement that many felt was unfair because it did not include wage hikes...
...recent use of the now-defunct Pi Eta fraternity in their information on final clubs is wholly irresponsible; to hold final clubs in any way responsible for the shortcomings of an organization which was not a final club is absurd. It merely helps to perpetuate an unfair depiction of the existing clubs and to ensure that no productive discussion will ever occur on the topic. Furthermore, it is unwise and unfair to assume that final clubs somehow create a culture that would not exist in their absence. It does not seem logical to assume that the venue is to blame...
...school graduation. Cambridge is now the second Massachusetts town to challenge the statewide MCAS graduation requirement, a requirement imposed by the Massachusetts Department of Education in accordance with the 1993 Education Reform Act. With this bold decision, Cambridge has taken an audacious step to protect its students from an unfair, punitive graduation requirement...
...high school diploma should never be contingent on one standardized test. Students who possess several luxuries—wealth, additional time to prepare or easy access to quality tutoring—have an unfair advantage over those who lack such resources. In addition, all public school students would be required to pass it, including students with disabilities and those who have limited English proficiency. And MCAS will test specific information that is included in the state’s curriculum frameworks, but which have yet to be effectively taught many classrooms—which punishes students by testing them...