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WHEN CHUL overwhelmingly recommended a University-wide policy of non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation last year, the council spurned that request. When CUE debated makeup exam policy for two months last year before tabling discussion--in part because they were told they could review all academic rules this year--the Faculty Council proceeded to revise makeup policy by forcing students with two or more make-ups pending to present their case before the Administrative Board. Formed because students rebelled against the Dean's ability to pick his own advisors, the council has gradually metamorphosed into an essentially...
Though the Faculty Council rejected the policy last spring after several meetings, Wall said the group is considering bringing the request back to the council this year, in the hopes that the "better atmosphere on campus" this year will make the council more receptive...
...denying the request for a formal non-discrimination policy, the council argued primarily that no such statute was necessary. Instead, members felt the statement that they issued deploring all harrasment on campus would suffice to quell gay students' fears. But clearly, as GSA leaders stressed later, a statement without a formal University policy does not make them feel secure on campus. Telling gay students in writing that the University believes in non-discrimination would hurt no one; in spurning such a reasonable request, the council rejected an attempt merely to help gays rise above second-class citizenship...
...discrimination policy, and has indicated it will seek a faculty member to propose the measure during a public Faculty meeting. That gesture would force all those who would deny the GSA its rights to come out of the closet. The Faculty should acknowledge the legitimacy of the GSA request by supporting it, and students--gay or straight--should join the fight by talking to professors and lobbying for the non-discrimination policy...
...setting of federal automobile safety standards, some of which are now being rolled back. The Administration is reducing the collision speed at which a bumper must protect a car from 5 m.p.h. to 2.5 m.p.h. -a move consumer activists say will raise insurance rates and accident costs. Despite a request by the Administration to delay its decision, the Supreme Court ruled last June that cost-benefit analyses cannot be required when setting federal health standards for the workplace. Nevertheless, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has had the number of its inspectors cut by 11%, and the Administration...