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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...election process provides for more openness than would a hand-picking the leadership--especially after Pryor's sudden November decision to dissolve SAC altogether. However, this about-face itself serves as a reminder that students need a strong voice and permanent role at the institute. In this light, the IOP's elections are a positive sign; the more decisions that are reached by open deliberation with student input, the better...
...broader level, Schor's decision to leave once again calls our attention to the dearth of women Faculty at Harvard, especially in light of a similar decision made by Seyla Benhabib earlier this month. In losing Schor and Benhabib, the University loses two of its most distinguished female professors, the directors of two of its most unique degree granting programs and two of its most vocal proponents of gender equity in academia. Already abysmally small, the community of female Faculty members cannot afford diminution instead of growth. If Harvard is to make good on its promises of opening the traditionally...
Gore's speech also featured a fair dose of humor, a standard feature of concession speeches but unexpected in light of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding this...
...specifying 'the fourth Wednesday in December' - this year, December 27 - as the date on which Congress, if it has not received a State's electoral votes, shall request the state secretary of state to send a certified return immediately. But none of these dates has ultimate significance in light of Congress' detailed provisions for determining, on 'the sixth day of January,' the validity of electoral votes...
...Ginsburg argues convincingly for considering the so-called "deadline" in light of the ultimate goal of the election: equal protection. If votes are disregarded because the U.S. Supreme Court itself stopped the recount and declared an artificial deadline (December 12), isn't that equally unconstitutional as counting undervotes without a uniform standard...