Senate of
PROPOSAL 16-95
RECOMMENDATION ON OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
DAY
The Senate endorses the attached petition
statement.
PETITION
Martin Luther
King Day was congressionally and constitutionally designated a United States
Federal Holiday to be celebrated on the third Monday in January, beginning in
1986 and continuing on the same day each year thereafter. As of this date, there
is no official recognition of said designated holiday on the campus of
We the believers
of the constitutionality in and of the Martin Luther King federal observance are
petitioning the students, University Senate, executive administration, and the
MTU Student Governance to recognize and observe Martin Luther King Day on the
MTU campus.
We the
petitioners suggest that on this third Monday of January, and those third
Mondays of January through the twenty-first century, be recognized as a half day
observance. This petition requests that all faculty, staff, and student body be
relieved of respective charges, duties and classes starting at 2:00 p.m. on said
third Monday in order to participate, attend, and observe the programming in
respect of Martin Luther King Day.
Adopted
by Senate: December 14, 1994