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...method of succession, in which applicants were selected by current SAC members. Instead, the decision-making last week was based on objective standards of participation, with every student who had attended half of any student committee's meetings eligible to vote for that committee's election. The election process may still have far to go; turnout was estimated at only 50 percent of eligible voters, and candidates for seven of the 13 available positions were uncontested. Yet these initial elections based on objective criteria for eligibility serve as a good model for the future, providing for more open and inclusive...
...original announcement, IOP director and former Sen. David H. Pryor had indicated that he would appoint the committee chairs for the coming semester. We are glad that he did not do so, as the 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...
Collectively, the fans' vote counted as 33 percent of the selection process. Moss and Culpepper were the two leading vote-getters in the balloting. Moss led all players with 210,493 votes. Culpepper collected 207,011 votes...
Stevens's pessimism has been widely echoed. Indeed, everyone fervently hoped that the court would be able to find some sort of consensus and ensure maximum possible credibility for the next president, protecting the court's image in the process. That hope has evaporated; despite the spin of Bush's advisors calling this a 7-2 ruling, the reality is perfectly clear. In the end, the justices were split right down the middle on the ideological and partisan lines that were crystal-clear even before they granted Bush's ludicrous request for an emergency stay based on the potential "irreparable...
...Finding a middle ground "The fracas could force Bush to appoint more moderate judges to fill any high court vacancies because of the opposition that more conservative nominees undoubtedly would generate in the Senate confirmation process," Allan Lichtman, presidential historian at American University in Washington, told the Los Angeles Times...