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...constitutional amendment banning gay marriage recently approved by the state legislature may be passed by voters before any marriage licenses are issued. Last month, Democratic Attorney General Thomas Reilly refused Romney’s request for a stay on the ruling until November, 2006, the date for the referendum. Now, Romney is desperately trying to subvert and manipulate a process that has refused to bend toward his own ends...
...namely, the proposed termbill hike that would raise the current optional fee of $35 to a compulsory (and revised figure of) $75. To be fair, the decorum at last night’s meeting returned to normal. But before the student body votes on the fee hike in a referendum later this semester, the council should consider whether its recent behavior imparts confidence in its ability to handle a boost in its budget...
...bind the council to the outcome of the student referendum—by a startling margin of 28 to 6. We are disappointed that the council is so willing to flaunt its readiness to circumvent the will of the student body. Instead of yielding to the outcome of the referendum, it appears that because members of the council are so eager to pass the termbill increase, they are prepared to petition the administration directly—no matter the results of the referendum...
...voting down the amendment, the council has shown blatant disrespect for the will of the student body. If the referendum demonstrates that students are opposed to an increase in the termbill, the council should abide by the asserted voice of the students— whom, council members should remember, they ostensibly represent...
Tassos Papadopoulos is pleased. In a televised address two weeks ago, the Greek Cypriot leader urged his people to vote oxi (Greek for no) in the April 24 referendum on the latest United Nations plan to reunite the Greek and Turkish sides of the Mediterranean island. Since then, Greek Cypriots have taken up their President's call with fervor. Oxi fever is sweeping southern Cyprus: the slogan screams out from highway billboards, T shirts and posters; one hearse in Paphos drove to the graveyard with an oxi sticker on the windshield. From the pulpit, Cypriot Orthodox priests have pilloried...