Word: vocalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vocal Opposition...
...vocal opposition, including Battat and former Treasurer Michael R. Kelsen '90, criticized the council for the short length of time it spent discussing such a large expenditure. The council spends more than four hours alloting its $40,000 grants budget, but "we spent 10 minutes discussing the [concert] issue, and we threw out $35,000," Battat said...
...other student movements, it has taken even less time to lose momentum. Two years ago, Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT) was one of the most vocal organizations on campus. In the wake of a complaint filed by Lisa J. Schkolnick '88 to force the Fly Club to open its doors to women, students postered the campus, rallied outside club parties and called on the Undergraduate Council to denounce final club sexism...
Slowly, cautiously, she also began to mold Planned Parenthood in her own image. As the political climate turned hostile to abortion rights during the Reagan years, she became more outraged and outspoken. Under Wattleton, Planned Parenthood took off the white gloves and became one of the nation's most vocal and aggressive advocates of abortion rights. The organization will soon launch a political action fund headed by Wattleton that will allow it to endorse political candidates. Today the public image of Planned Parenthood is Faye Wattleton...
...Marjorie Clapprood (D-Sharon) a candidate for lieutenant governor and a vocal supporter of higher taxes, said the capital gains vote was "a bad sign" for the entire tax package...