Word: veto
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...staff is correct in criticizing Dean Lewis for refusing to endorse the change from "freshman" to "first-year." But it fails to point out a larger issue highlighted by the dean's veto: The council's new system of serving up proposals for Lewis' veto is totally humiliating, since it only underscores (and exacerbates) the council's place as a non-force on this campus. The system also destroys the arm's-length relationship that any legitimate college student government should have with the administration. The council should repeal the Grimmelmann-Nelson Act and end these farcical games...
...This bill...is basically a request that I oppose the compromise announced by then-Acting-President Carnesale at the February 14, 1995 meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences," Lewis wrote in a letter Wednesday to council President Robert M. Hyman '98-'97 explaining his reasons for the veto...
...lesbian and bisexual students and their supporters say they are deeply concerned by Lewis' veto...
...move the ceremony off campus would be to deprive the ROTC participants of an honor they have rightfully earned. We urge Dean Lewis to veto the proposal in order to maintain the spirit of the original compromise...
...result, I feel that it is absurd that Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 chose to veto the resolution by the Undergraduate Council which proposed that the word "freshman" be replaced by "first-year" in all official University documents. While I certainly believe that there are more tangible issues of gender that must be worked out on this campus, the need to change the language is just as urgent in my mind. The simple switch to "first-year" in official University language will validate changes that are already taking place in common parlance, and ensure that no student...