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Meeting in full session for the first time since 1970, Wisconsin's faculty senate, led by Professor of Sociology and South Asian Studies Joseph Elder and Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy Claudia Card, approved the resolution, 386 to 248, Monday. The resolution, which was introduced in the spring of 1988, would ban ROTC from campus in May 1993 unless ROTC agreed to allow gays and lesbians to join...
...ROTC's liaison, law professor Gordon Baldwin said, "the proponents of change are shooting themselves in the foot...There is no question of law here, the policy is allowed...
That may be a reflection of how things are beginning to change at home. Although married men do only about 30% of the housework today, according to Joseph Pleck, professor of families, change and society at Wheaton College, two decades ago they did just 20%. Pleck sees a "silent revolution" in male attitudes. "I don't predict that we'll be seeing fifty-fifty any time soon," he says, "but a jump of 10% in a national sample is a big change." Other studies have shown a growing role for men in caring for children. For 18% of dual-paycheck...
...state inquiry impinges on press freedom and is politically awkward: registry-board members are appointed by the Governor. A better idea would be to shame media and "experts" into ending the practice. Says George Annas, professor of medical ethics at Boston University: "The board shouldn't regulate this. It calls for self-restraint on the part of journalists and professionals, and that is very hard...
...banned outside income with salary increases. This leads some critics to wonder whether many Angelenos, faced with relatively low city wages and the prospect of having to reveal their most intimate financial affairs, won't avoid public service if the code goes into effect. Says Michael Harmon, a professor of public administration at George Washington University: "The implicit message is one of distrust...