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...best idea to have emerged from representatives discussions is establishing special ad hoc committees which would research subjects like Harvard's investments in South Africa and its sexual harassment policy and insure a devil's advocate before any vote. This would guarantee more informed decision-making without taxing the energy and time of council committees charged with more specific functions. More importantly, it would allow the council to contribute to campus debates constructively: this year the council simply reacted to controversies based-on superficial summaries by students with a special interest in the issues...
...Hoc Committee for Academic Freedom, whose members include Professor of biology Ruth Hubbard, Mary L Gray, in structor in obstetrics and gynecology, and MIT and Brandeis University faculty members collected more than 600 signatures for the petition in the advertisement...
Once a leading Republican congressman, Anderson last night accused both the Republicans and Democrats of "ad hoc-ery in economic planning. Our two old parties are in a condition of party decomposition," he said because they are addicted to anachronism the economic policies...
Announcement of the rent hike comes one week after President Bok endorsed the recommendations of an ad hoc committee established to examine HRE's affiliate housing. One recommendation was to maintain the University's current policy of renting to students, faculty, and staff at market rates...
...alumnus decision as a victory by members of the law school's Ad Hoc Committee Against Discrimination, composed mainly of students which has been working since the middle of last month to persuade alumni to withhold donations as a way to pressure Hackney to reverse his policy. But Law School Dean Robert Mundheim said earlier this month that the alumnus's action was not in response to the group's campaign...