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Higher
Education
Act
Campaign
Continues
to
Pick
Up
New
Schools,
Student
Movement
Grows
4/13/01
Last week DRCNet reported on preliminary
but dramatic numbers from the Department of Education on student applicants
denied eligibility for financial aid next school year due to drug convictions
(http://www.drcnet.org/wol/180.html#heanumbers).
The past several days have brought news
of several new student government endorsements of the HEA campaign's resolution
-- calling for repeal of this new law -- bringing the total to 55 campuses
plus three multi-school associations.
New schools on board include:
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Appalachian State University, North Carolina,
spearheaded by the ASU ACLU chapter with the ASU NAACP, passed after a
lengthy and heated debate in the campus media;
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Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, spearheaded
by Dartmouth SSDP;
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University of North Texas, spearheaded by
UNT SSDP;
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Florida State University, spearheaded by FSU
NORML and passed after contentious debate in the Student Senate;
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Portland State University, Oregon, spearheaded
by PSU NAACP; and
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Southern Oregon University, passed with the
help of the Oregon Students of Color Coalition.
Please visit http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com
to send a letter to Congress supporting H.R. 786 to repeal the HEA drug
provision, and to download an activist packet to find out how to get involved
in the campaign.
SSDP chapters at the University of Wisconsin
at Madison and Hampshire College in Massachusetts are hosting conferences
on April 28-29 and May 4, respectively. Visit our calendar below
or at http://www.drcnet.org/wol/181.html#eventcalendar
for links to further information.
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Issue #181, 4/13/01
Editorial: Connecting the Dots, Filling in the Background | DEA Settles Case to Keep Supersnitch Cover-Up Alive, DRCNet Files Freedom of Information Act Request for Suppressed DEA Report | Cancer Professionals Release New Pain Treatment Guidelines as NIDA Warns of Prescription Drug Addiction Danger, Patients Caught in Crossfire | Canada: Government Eases Medical Marijuana Rules | Bush's First Drug Budget: More of the Same | Higher Education Act Campaign Continues to Pick Up New Schools, Student Movement Grows | DRCNet Reaches 20,000 Subscriber Mark, Advice Sought on Possible Week Online Name Change | Movie Review: Does Blow Blow? The Banality of Dealing | Involuntary Commitment Bill Targeting Drunks and Junkies Clears Washington Legislature, Awaits Governor's Signature, "Gravely Disabled" Could Be Committed
| Utah: Prison Crunch Has Sentencing Commission Considering Alternative Sentences for Drug Offenders | Australia: Kings Cross Injecting Room Passes Legal Hurdle, Opening Soon, Cannabis Cafes to Follow? | Norway: Proposed New Regulations Will Restrict Access to Methadone and Other Opiate Maintenance Programs | Media Scan: Rolling Stone, MotherJones.com, Boston Phoenix, FeedMag.com | The Reformer's Calendar
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