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...University has so far made policy in a very careful and cautious manner, on what is in my opinion, a very delicate issue. Press-releases or wide-spread publicity through the mass media are not the most effective way to deal with sexual harassment. What the University has been doing is reaching out to every individual in the community and telling him quietly and effectively that help is at hand. It is time we supported them in their cause. Vijaya Ramachandran...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sexual Harassment | 10/7/1983 | See Source »

...committee has nearly completed a year-long restructuring of the Building and Grounds department (B&G) to stem wide-spread dissatisfaction with its services and efficiency...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Maintenance Department Nears End Of Shake-Up | 10/1/1983 | See Source »

...very same day the Court handed down its decision. Washington's Joint Center for Political Studies released a study showing that racial segregation has increased sharply in public schools over the past 15 years. That study, commissioned by a Congressional committee, also found that school districts with wide-spread court-ordered busing plans had made the most progress toward integration. Voluntary desegregation efforts, which the Reagan Administration advocates, had proved largely ineffective...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Tipping The Scales | 2/5/1983 | See Source »

Those not inclined to mathematical pursuits may find the rear-ranged figure cumbersome to decipher. But the benefits of Hammer's innovative and foresighted solution would far outweigh the potential confusion. The new combination would prevent the wide-spread proliferation of documents unwittingly displaying a call to destruction all over Israel...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Number Our Days | 10/27/1982 | See Source »

Undergraduates have created a Coalition for Student Aid, which, while hardly igniting wide-spread protest, managed to rally students to campus and other area demonstrations. More important. President Bok--known more for his reservations about speaking out than for his national leadership--testified last spring at both congressional and state legislative hearings about the need for additional funding for student...

Author: By Jacob M. Schesinger and Steven R. Swartz, S | Title: The Issues of 1982 | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

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