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Over the course of the semester, the council—rarely locked in debate or controversy—issued more reports on student issues than any previous council. In October, the group came close to a formal debate over the presence of the Reserve Officers Training Corps’ (ROTC) presence on campus, but Gusmorino quashed any possibility that a bill would be written for a floor debate, saying that the time spent on debate would likely be contentious and meaningless...
...mayoral election capped the council’s tradition-filled inaugural meeting, which included formal wear, red carpets, a harpist and floral arrangements. More than 300 people packed into a festive City Hall...
Gusmorino, however, has instead encouragedmembers this year to propose concrete solutions to problems—outlined in formal proposals—rather than merely complaining about problems...
...practical terms, however, the answer is far more equivocal: New rules have been established in the past few months, but they are notoriously difficult to enforce. Small planes represent a largely unregulated sector of air travel. Technically, a general aviation (small plane) pilot doesn?t need any formal training to fly a plane; some informal tutorials will do the trick. It also doesn't help that small plane pilots are a fiercely independent population, generally reluctant to adopt rules that hinder their freedom...
...Oddly, or aptly, Warren was the composer Berlin most resembled in immigrant background (Warren was born in Brooklyn of Italian parents), natural melodic gift and lack of formal musical training. Most of the others - Kern, Rodgers, Hammerstein, Larry Hart - were of German Jewish stock from the educated middle-class; Berlin was a Russian Jewish immigrant, raised on the Lower East Side, quickly out of school and into the showbiz fringe as a singing waiter. Their music came from honing a natural talent with years of study; his songwriting gift was a freak of nature. No wonder he fretted that this...