Word: quo
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...with the military. For the past four years, Aquino has depended on the loyalty of Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos to keep the armed forces in line. But Ramos' response to every rebellion has been to patch up relations between the various military factions and restore the uneasy status quo between reformist officers and old-line, self-interested generals. Aquino can no longer afford that kind of detente. Moreover, it has not worked. If she cannot impose civilian authority on the armed forces, then her government may be sidelined into irrelevancy as rival military groups battle it out. Says a young...
...begins with a narration of the status quo by Lanx (Adrian Staub), Wheeler's right-hand man. Lanx sits with his back to the audience in front of a suspended rectangular figure which is alternately a window and a movie screen during the performance. Looking out at the city, Lanx states, "All hell passes before me"--a statement which quickly becomes true for the audience...
LAST Sunday, the Undergraduate Council voted to back the status quo, ignorantly failing to acknowledge the problems that riddle the house system. For reasons that were admittedly political, council members also voted to endorse "non-ordered choice" as an acceptable alternative...
...current scheme of maximizing choice produces a less-than-optimal outcome year after year. Either you deny that there is a problem and retain the status quo, or you recognize that the magnitude of the problem calls for action--and not the token action of non-ordered choice...
Although I share the staff's reservations about non-ordered choice, I think the proposal at least merits further examination. To dismiss the widely-supported compromise as merely "political" accomplishes nothing. Perhaps Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 will maintain the status quo this year but ask students to fill out an additional non-ordered choice form this spring to use as valid data...