Students, profs protest holding MLK Day classes
The University's decision to hold classes Monday on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is drawing protest from students and heavyweight Yale professors, 25 of whom have signed a strongly worded letter urging administrators to reconsider the issue next year.
The Martin Luther King Day Coordinating Committee, a group of student organizers, sent a letter to faculty urging them not to penalize students for observing the holiday in lieu of class and calling for the University to observe MLK Day in 2002. In response to this letter, a group of high profile faculty members penned a letter of...
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