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...traced local cults from the Ming Dynasty and has found that some of these cults continue to exist. Their traditions can help historians better understand the role of religion in establishing local social orders, Szonyi said. But Szonyi said his interests do not lie exclusively with the fourteenth century Ming Dynasty. He is also currently investigating Chinese social history during the Cold War. “It is unusual to move across time periods as easily as Michael does,” said Chinese Studies Professor William C. Kirby. “Quite by accident,” Szonyi became...
...federal courts because the Equal Rights Amendment did not define the operative words, which were sex and equality. So what does sex mean? Is it the sex you are, or the sex you do? What does equality mean? Does it mean equality of individual people like the Fourteenth Amendment, or does it mean the equality of a group? In America we really don't believe in group rights. I think it's pretty clear that if the Equal Rights Amendment had passed, we would have had same-sex marriage 25 years...
...recommends that the drop deadline be moved to the eighth Monday of the semester and the pass/fail deadline be moved to the eleventh week from the beginning of the semester. It also suggests that the course withdrawal deadline be extended from the seventh Monday to the fourteenth Monday of the semester. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] Extension of the deadlines was part of Benjamin P. Schwartz’s ’10 campaign for the UC presidency, according to Honig. Although Schwartz—who co-sponsored the act—no longer serves on the UC, he was in attendance...
...April 6 news article "UC Supports Ethnic Studies" incorrectly stated that UC legislation called for the course withdrawal deadline to be extended from the seventh Monday to the fourteenth Monday of the semester. In fact, the legislation suggested it extended to the eleventh Monday...
England came up with the idea of impeachment; in medieval times, any English subject or politician could initiate impeachment charges in Parliament. But by the fourteenth century, Parliament decided to limit the privilege to its own members. Four hundred years later, in the newly independent United States of America, Constitutional Convention delegates debated over how to include the process in the Constitution. In England, Parliament tended to impeach politicians it didn't like, regardless of offense - but the Constitution's creators didn't like this, and decided to limit impeachment only to crimes of treason and bribery. Virginia convention delegate...