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The Faculty this week gave the Dowling Report yet another boost. In two non-binding straw votes Wednesday. Faculty members voiced overwhelming support for the plan to reorganize the structure of College governance. The Faculty will vote on specific legislation regarding the plan next fall, after committees working on implementation of the new system complete their work. The vote this week demonstrates what Dean Rosovsky called the Faculty's "benign" attitude toward the Dowling plan, which many Faculty members said would improve the efficiency and responsibility of College government.

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A slate of nine Harvard and MIT students who ran on a platform sharply critical of current management at the Harvard Cooperative Society--widely known as "The Coop Group"--captured all five of the 11 student seats in the Coop's recent board-of-directors election, according to returns released this week. Coalition members filled all three of the spots open to Harvard Undergraduates, and two of the three Harvard graduate student positions. Guy D. Molyneux '81-3, leader of the group effort, said last week that he was pleased by the results. "In the past, the board of directors was made up of people looking for business experience. This time it was not just a popularity contest. We did not win as individuals--we got quite a few votes for the slute," he added.

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Sen Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) last week attacked President Reagan's budget proposal, saying the cuts would "put the dollar sign back on the door of universities and colleges." In an interview with The Crimson, Kennedy said that while he agrees that spending cuts should be made, the Reagan education program is "effectively a 25-per-cent cut right across the board--there has not been a careful evaluation of the programs."

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After weeks of speculation, the identity of this year's Commencement speaker was finally revealed yesterday. It's Thomas J. Watson Jr., former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and former president of IBM.