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Soldiers' Field Resolutions

e. Harvard must support rent control for Cambridge and Boston, and until passage of these tent control laws it must voluntarily control the rents of its own properties at the January 1, 1968, level.

f. Major changes are necessary in the University structure in order to ensure that Harvard acts consistently with the philosophy embodied in the above demands. These changes should be based on the following premises:

(i) The University is to develop a policy for its physical development and to provide funding for the implementation of this policy.

(ii)This planning and development should actively involve students, faculty, and the community affected, chosen in a democratic fashion.

(ii)The community will have the power of initiation and review for proposed development plans.

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(iii)There shall be regularly scheduled open meetings, open records, and public statements of policy.

3. DISCIPLINE

We demand that:

a. An elected committee of faculty and students make the decision on discipline for students involved in the University Hall sit-in, and in any such future incidents.

b. None of these students be severed or suspended.

c. No students be deprived of financial assistance as a result of the Paine Hall demonstration or any other breach of the rules.

4. STRUCTURE

a. An elected student-faculty committee be created to review policy and consider guidelines for the governance of Harvard.

b. The Corporation recognize the authority of this committee on issues relevant to the life of the community, and its moral and social concerns.

C. The members of this committee must be representatives of and responsive to their respective constituencies through the mechanism of a student-faculty senate. We offer the following as a recommendation to this committee once it is established:

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