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...have been so ambiguous as to seem contradictory. At one point, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell announced on NBC that the administration was “working for a peaceful resolution in Iraq” only two days after Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld stated on CNN that the regime change was and had been “government policy for a long time.” Under circumstances like these, presidential damage control has often been lacking, with Bush seldom clarifying these differences or taking center stage until the damage has been done...
Over a summer when Powell surveyed the ground in Afghanistan and tried to calm the Middle East, Rumsfeld was already rattling the saber at Iraq. In an Oct. 24 interview on CNN, Rumsfeld pushed the regime change line in Iraq, offering no guarantee that the U.S. would back down even if Saddam Hussein were to completely disarm and comply with all U.N. regulations...
This low cost allowed Northwestern to digitize twenty cable stations, which were voted on by students and included the Cartoon Network, CNN, ESPN and MTV. The result has been positive; students report being happy with the picture quality and with being able to watch their favorite shows in the comfort of their dorms. According to the Daily Northwestern, its students living in the dorms are getting all twenty stations for only $121.20 a year—or about $12.50 per month of school. With a price tag lower than a dinner at Spice each month, most Harvard students would...
Cable television programming in all dorm rooms would be a marked improvement over the status quo. Presently, students seeking the distraction of some Comedy Central or ESPN, or the news reporting and analysis of CNN have to rely on their own satellite dishes or House common room televisions that are each meant to serve hundreds of students. But installing satellite dishes is difficult and expensive—besides paying for the service, students have to find a south-facing location to mount their dish. Satellite reception is further hampered by University rules, found in the Handbook for Students, which forbid...
...Cable programming provides a form of information and entertainment that is presently not available to Harvard students. CNN provides national and international coverage for students who don’t want to listen to NPR or wade through websites for their news. Stations like the Discovery Channel and History Channel are educational in nature. And there are dozens of channels that provide entertaining programming that Harvard students consistently enjoy when they’re home on break...