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Bates College officials shocked : Didn't know certain workers barred from speaking French

Item

Title

Bates College officials shocked : Didn't know certain workers barred from speaking French

Creator

Hale, Karlene K.

Description

Article relating the reaction of Bates College officials to being made aware, after student protests, of a rule forbidding campus employees to speak French in the company of non-French-speakers. The college president and dean's apologies for the practice and the ban, and the commitment to draft new policies protecting the language rights of French-speaking employees.

Date

1991 November 21

Language

English

Type

Newspaper Article

Identifier

Coverage

1991, Lewiston, Maine

Place

Augusta, Maine

Publication Title

Kennebec Journal