Open Door Policy Sparks Dorm Protests at Bran deis University
Acute unrest grips Bran deis University as threats of expulsion halt planned protests in the men's dorms over open door visiting hours. Students claim lack of consultation while administration cites safety and student well being in a stalled policy review process.
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Brandeis University
University
Abraham L. Sacker
Victor Hausner
Hacker
Hausner
Kermit Morissey
Morissey
Student leader proposes monthly open exec meetings
The class president emphasizes her duty to provide outlets for interested students and to expand campus involvement. She plans monthly open executive meetings to report on class activities and Rep Assembly and to discuss specific campus issues.
30 Grad Assumes Govt Job
Lyndon Johnson appointed Mrs. Leon Keyserling to direct the Women’s Bureau of the Labor Department. Barnard alumna 1930, former editor of Barnard Bulletin, she cites the bureau’s aim to improve women’s economic and social position and notes wage gaps and automation impact on women. She calls the job highly challenging.
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Lyndon Johnson
Leon Keyserling
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Keyserling
Barnard
Barnard Bulletin
Reformers' Power Emphasized by Krisch at Noon Meeting
Columbia College instructor Henry Krisch argues reformers lack sufficient power to move politics. He notes reform movements arise after scandals and cites Fiorello as a leading reformer. Krisch says reform groups challenge Tammany and aim to mobilize excluded Democrats and those unaware they can act.
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Henry Krisch
Columbia College
New York
Reform Democrats
Fiorello
Tammany Organization
Mr. Krisch
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Court Rules Rent Strike May Fund Repairs
In East Harlem tenants win a court ruling favoring a rent strike with funds from prepaid rents for repairs. Plumb ing is often broken and health conditions are poor, with rats in most buildings. Tenants urge immediate landlord financed first repairs and worry the landlord will only do minimal work. A long term fix requires a new low cost housing program.
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East Harlem
Ray DeLeon
Miss Foa
Conservative Society Elects New Officers at Columbia
The Conservative Association at Columbia University elected new officers led by incoming president Alex Lancaster and secretary treasurer Ronald Bryant. The group plans a March 25 debate between Dan Beagle and Edward Bell, an April 8 Ayn Rand address, and an April 18 interclub seminar on the USSR in Perspective with speakers Van Den Haag Dobrynk y and Starr. Jack Kress says the association endorses Barry Goldwater.
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Conservative Association of Columbia University
Alex Lancaster
Robert Clark
Ronald V. Bryant
Jack M. Kiess
Lyvia Barenas
Frank Chin
Robert D’agustino
Dan Beagle
Action
Edward J. Bell
Foundation A University Conservative
Ayn Rand
Fountainhead
Ussr
Ernest van den Haag
Lev Dobrianky
Richard Starr
Jack Kress
Kress
Barry Goldwater
Columbia
Students For Goldwater
Barnard Students Urge Better Communications on WKCR
On Barnard Viewpoint a Barnard College program aired Wednesday March 11 on WKCR AM. Laura Fagelson newly elected Undergraduate Treasurer called for improved communication among students and with the administration. The show featured Sue Silverman president Sue Scheffler vice president Laura Fagelson curriculum chair Holly Gunner and Phyllis Klein as bulletin editor in chief.
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WKCR
Barnard
Wkcr-Am
Sue Silverman
Sue Scheffler
Laura Fagelson
Holly Gunner
Bulletin
Phyllis Klein
Students discuss curriculum changes and course system at Barnard
Michele Garden and Nancy Weise interview Miss Gunner about the coming year's plans. The main concern is revising the hygiene course as unfinished business for the curriculum committee, with the four course system under debate and Barnard's role as a hurdle.
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Michele Garden
Nancy Weise
WKCR
Miss Gunner
Gunner
Barnard
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Lacke
Board of Trustees
the University
Sacker
By Sharon Zukin
Krisch
Conservative Society
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