Word: functioned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Four years after the Report on College Governance by Professor of Biology John E. Dowling '57, the College has still ignored the report's recommendation that it reconsider the function of the CRR, which it called "essentially non-functional...and...unlikely...[to] become important or significant in College affairs in the foreseeable future...
...Attendees are, of course, anonymous. They introduce themselves by first name only when they address the assembly and often follow their name with the almost liturgical, "I am an alcoholic." Anonymity protects them from the social stigma of the disease, but it also serves a subtler function. A.A. succeeds in part because it insists upon self-sacrifice. Members find themselves paying attention to other sufferers. Meetings stress togetherness and constantly reinforce the principle that self-pity and guilt over alcoholism are destructive. "It's a feeling that you've finally arrived and have found a home," says one A.A. member...
...denominator to Ronald Reagan's current cluster of setbacks in domestic and foreign policy: his penchant for proposing simple solutions to complex problems has finally caught up with him. By no means is this feature of his difficulties bound to prove fatal to him politically; nor is it a function of his conservative ideology. Rather, it is the downside of his wizardry as a politician and as a leader...
...existence of these boards should be more widely publicized Its task should include institutions and enforcement of existence of these boards should be more widely published. Its task should include interpretation and enforcement of existing guidelines, not just wavering them (which is how the Report defines its function...
Most importantly, it should be noted that a student boycott of the CRR will achieve nothing, thus far it has only led Harvard to grant the CRR full power to function without students sitting on the committee. In the 13 times that the Faculty Council has called upon the CRR since 1969, the Council has never rescined its decision to convene it in the year would effectively disband the committee is nothing but romantic idealism. It is time for students to stop washing their morality laden hands...