Word: vocalisms
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...joining the union because I had specific complaints, I probably wouldn't have joined," said an employee, who is one of the most vocal union backers in her office. "I joined because I want a voice. There may be things in the future which should be changed, and I want to know that if I have a complaint, [the administration] will hear it." Union Survey 120 support staff workers polled...
...editorial's suggestion that there may be theories whose "offensiveness outweighs any claims to academic common understanding of what can and cannot be accepted in academic discourse." Who is to decide what is offensive? And on what grounds? Are professors to be hindered from pursuing Veritas simply because vocal elements in the Harvard student body may be offended? Such intellectual intimidation is intolerable. Discourse must continue unfettered, even if there are those who prejudge all that deviates from the conventional wisdom. The academic community polices itself as junior faculty face review by tenure committees and senior faculty desire the respect...
...organizers and Harvard administrators say that they do not plan to accelerate their campaigning in earnest until HUCTW files its election cards, the next step in having a campus-wide union vote. But, in the past two weeks, by all accounts, campaigning on both sides has become much more vocal...
...decision concludes a bitter three-year tenure dispute, which had pitted vocal camps at the Law School against each other and which may now result in a gender discrimination suit against the University...
Outlook:Advantage number one--the Big Red is playing at Lynah Rink and those crazy Cornellians will have their playoff vocal chords tastlessly tuned...